December is a month of profound potential. As the world quiets and turns inward, we have the opportunity to do the same—to listen more deeply, to honor our needs, to release what weighs us down, and to open to the gifts that life wants to offer us. Energy Medicine Yoga gives us practical, embodied tools
October is a time when the mature yang energy of Summer is fading into the young yin energy of Fall. To honor this transition, during the month of October I will be focusing on the gifts of the Earth element in my Energy Medicine Yoga classes. Just a reminder, these classes are live every Wednesday
Are you frozen in time? You get frozen in time by thinking about the past–regretting, holding on, or not forgiving. Or maybe you are speculating about the future, worrying about what might happen, fearing the unknown, or trying to plan for the unknowable. Or you’re in the present but frozen with uncertainty, afraid of taking
January is replete with messages on how to improve yourself with new exercise routines, meditation/yoga courses, and dieting/weight loss advice. Of course, we know from experience and from the data that traditional New Year’s resolutions often last less than the month in which they were made. But year after year people jump on board and
Here is one version of the season: Tis the season to buy stuff during Black Friday and Cyber Monday (thank goodness that’s over!), the season to go to parties and eat and drink too much, the season to then worry about how much you ate and drank and feel bad about it, the season to
Among the ancient healing modalities found in Energy Medicine, the theories and practices of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are front and center. As a psychologist, it is the study of the Five Elements from TCM which I have found most fascinating. While I learned many theories of personality in my psychology training, I have learned
Mindful eating changes how you eat, how you respond to emotions and thoughts, and how you approach your entire life. Some people who take the class have difficulty with emotional eating and body image, some have been diagnosed with eating disorders, some are professionals wanting to teach mindful eating, and some are people who are
Savor Every Bite is a book about possibility–the possibility of a life of happiness, beauty, and ease. It’s also about understanding the difficulties and painful emotions that we experience in life and how to navigate them with the skill of mindfulness. Join me at Omega Institute in beautiful upstate New York for a weekend of
Greetings! Enrollment for the next online Eat for Life classes is now open for the Winter Session. Eat for Life is a 10-week mindfulness-based intuitive eating program designed to help you develop a loving and kind relationship with your food and your body. Research on the program has demonstrated its success at helping people increase
Teaching mindfulness to beginners for many years, I’ve learned that people tend to focus on certain aspects of the teaching and forget or have a harder time grasping others. Specifically, people focus on the “being present” part of mindfulness but quickly forget both the intention and the heart qualities of kindness, compassion, and nonjudgment that
