Women athletes inspire me, but there is a whole new level of admiration for the competitive swimmer. My husband swam competitively for years and my admiration runs deep for the discipline, gracefulness, and strength that it takes to participate. When my children were younger they competed also and I remember specifically delighting in their fearlessness [...]
Turn Resolutions into Possibilities
December 29, 2011 By 7 Comments
As the New Year approaches and everyone looks at their personal version of “out with the old and in with the new” we naturally begin to consider resolutions. I can’t explain the craving for change at this time of the year, but concepts like Father Time being replaced with the New Year’s baby are symbolic [...]
Reflections on Life as a Survivor
October 4, 2011 By 6 Comments
I’ve discovered that the word survivor means different things to different people. Most often it is used in the context of an individual who has moved past a difficult phase in their life or who has overcome some degree of adversity. The month of October and its plethora of pink ribbons everywhere always floods me [...]
Geocaching: Will Hike for Treasure
August 23, 2011 By 4 Comments
Ask a child if they want to go for a walk through the woods and you will likely get a less than enthusiastic response. Tell them that there is a hidden treasure involved and you have clues and the tools to find it and you will experience a vastly different reaction….they will probably beat you [...]
A Yogini Tries TRX
May 2, 2011 By 8 Comments
You might think that a person so vested in her yoga practice wouldn’t think twice about attending the newest exercise trend in her hometown. And at first I think I did mutter a little “hmpff” to myself when some of my yoga clients first began talking about their TRX experiences. But I kept my smug [...]
Yoga for Runners
March 14, 2011 By 14 Comments
Many of my favorite yoga clients are runners. Often the runner’s initial reaction to yoga is that it is a necessary evil that they have been told will target problematic areas of their body that hinder their ability to run long distances. So they sigh and, with reluctance, show up in my studio. But eventually [...]
Meet Amy: Healing With Yoga & Horses
October 1, 2010 By 9 Comments
by Amy Annis, Cowgirls vs. Cancer Scholarship Recipient, July 2010 | I cannot imagine it is easy for anyone to hear the words “you have cancer”, and at the same time I still wonder, one year later, if other people are as completely blindsided by those words as I was that day…
