Category: Yoga

  • 🌸 Val’s April Community News πŸŒΈ

    🌸 Val’s April Community News πŸŒΈ

    ~A change in season A new dawn and a new day Follow nature’s cue~ Welcome to the April community news. As I wrote the haiku for this month, I realized that the southern hemisphere is going through a different kind of new dawning. Its a time for releasing rather than sap arising. No matter where…

  • 🌱 March Community News πŸŒ±

    🌱 March Community News πŸŒ±

    March Yoga News and Schedule

  • ⛄️ February Community News β›„️

    ⛄️ February Community News β›„️

    ~The promise of Spring Is in the air, hearts and mindsNature takes her time~ Welcome to the February Community News! We have been in a very cold spell in the north east of the US and it looks like nature will continue to wrap us up in snow for a while. Despite the cold surface…

  • The Best Yoga Teacher is You

    The Best Yoga Teacher is You

    The best yoga teacher is you, really!

  • What is Your Practice?

    What is Your Practice?

    I asked myself this question and this is what came up: My practice is being present. Being present to what is unfolding. Being present to thoughts. Being present to feelings. Noticing resistance and judgements. Noticing desires and compulsions. Without judgment And letting them go. Being present for others. Being kind and listening. Sharing what I…

  • πŸŽ‰β„οΈ Val’s January Community News β„οΈπŸŽ‰

    πŸŽ‰β„οΈ Val’s January Community News β„οΈπŸŽ‰

    ~The New Year begins Take care of body and soulFind your Middle Ground~ Welcome to the January Community News! Happy New Year everyone πŸŽ‰. Give yourself the gift of Gentle Yoga and Mindful Movement this year, to support you through this year of new beginnings and transformation! Its a chilly beginning to the New Year…

  • Inspiration – Beneath the Surface

    Inspiration – Beneath the Surface

    ~Beneath The SurfaceWhat will I know if I gobelow the choppy surfaceof the mind? Focus flow,and there are no fixed points.Slow currents swirl, and slipstill deeper. I grow very quiet.The mind attends the subtlestsensations. Its a different world and I am an explorerof these hidden realms, wherenothing stays the same for very long. Energy shifts…

  • 🌲 December Community News πŸŒ²

    🌲 December Community News πŸŒ²

    I am writing this post from Scotland. It has been a busy year going back and from between Pennsylvania and East Lothian. We are in the final clearing out of my Mum’s house before renovations start in January. No matter what has been going on with you, I know that this can be a challenging…

  • πŸ‚Val’s November Community NewsπŸ‚πŸ—žοΈ

    ~Give yourself a breakThis time is for letting goTune in to natureCan you pull awayfrom external bombardmentJust enough to be?That is the challengefeel in to what resonates be true to yourself. Welcome to the December Community News! Here you will find the latest class schedule and events, and the options for making a donation. According…

  • 🍎 Val’s September Community News πŸŽ

    🍎 Val’s September Community News πŸŽ

    “Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Welcome to the September Community News! Here you will find the latest class schedule and events, and the options for making a donation. 🍎 Late Summer 🍎 in the northern hemisphere is a time of ripening and harvesting. The season of late summer calls us…

  • 🌻 Val’s August Community News πŸŒ»

    🌻 Val’s August Community News πŸŒ»

    “Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Welcome to the August Community News! Here you will find the latest class schedule and events, and the options for making a donation. 🌻 August🌻 in the northern hemisphere is a time of warmth and appreciation of nature’s bounty. The season of late summer calls…

  • 🌸 April Community News πŸŒΈ

    🌸 April Community News πŸŒΈ

    “Embracing SpringtimeStrength and flexibilitySelf expression” Welcome to the April Community News! Here you will find the latest class schedule and events, and the options for making a donation. I am really looking forward to sharing my practice with you on Zoom and in person on Third Thursdays at Radiant Heart.  As we celebrate the Wood…

  • Want to feel Secure? Breathe!

    Want to feel Secure? Breathe!

    These words from Alan Watts resonate in these uneasy changing times. “There is a contradiction in wanting to be perfectly secure in a universe whose very nature is momentariness and fluidity.But the contradiction lies a little deeper than the mere conflict between the desire for security and the fact of change. If I want to…

  • Tidings of Comfort and Joy

    Tidings of Comfort and Joy

    As I listen to Christmas music playing all around, I notice this year that I’m not feeling the comfort and joy that comes with the Holidays. So many things have happened in my own world and the larger world. Things that are out of my control have affected my own ability to Find my Middle…

  • πŸ•ŠπŸŒ€Daily Energy Re-SetsπŸŒ€πŸ•Š

    πŸ•ŠπŸŒ€Daily Energy Re-SetsπŸŒ€πŸ•Š

    Enjoy the gift of calm, and come back into balance with 7 short daily practices (Plus a Yoga Nidra) to re-set your mind body and soul. I appreciate those of you who have reached out and asked for ways to bring calm and healing, when feeling stressed and out of balance.Β It has been a joy,…

  • Stay Present with an Open Heart

    Stay Present with an Open Heart

    Enjoy this heart centered body scan meditation today. Ease your way through today with an open heart and centered presence. With love and gratitude. Gratitude and Yoga go hand in hand, and are essential for our well being. Yoga teaches us to be present to the present moment. It reveals to us how the union…