Slow Yoga Revolution
There’s a thing that people do when they've been practicing yoga for a while and become teachers… they start to talk about their “yoga journey“. “My yoga journey began…“ I’ve shared mine here and a few other places, when asked. As we look back on different periods in our life - careers, relationships, geographic moves…we reflect on various journeys from point A to point B. A yoga practice is no different. Over time it really does become a journey, because it changes you. If i
Mindful Mondays to begin your week
A year or so ago we held a wonderful class here called Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, led by a gifted counselor and teacher, Pennie Vail, LPC. Through this class was a born a practice that helped another amazing woman develop a passion for mindfulness and all the benefits that come with this practice. Shannon Causey was this woman and she will now be leading a Mindful Monday class to begin next week and continuing on Monday mornings from 9:30-10:30 am. We love it when
Women supporting women
I (Leah) have noticed living here in Frisco almost 10 years that in this greater Metroplex area I have had times of feeling isolated even being super connected through social media and even through church, school and other community groups. For some reason it feels as if conversations that challenge and inspire me are few and far between because our heads are perhaps quite buried in the everyday challenges of such a fast paced life and endless commitments and activities. An
Slowing Down
"Life has a way of"...fill in the blank. For me right now, life has a way of slowing me down. I am one of those strong headed people that tends to push through challenges un-phased by fear or pain. I am not risk-averse and tend to leap before I look. I learned this early in life as a distance runner--just push through the pain, despite the aching knees, despite the hip that is locking up, just keep running. Just jump off that bridge before considering the depth of the wate
Bringing Harmony to your Life
Harmony: (noun) 1. an interweaving of different accounts into a single narrative 2. A pleasing arrangement of parts. Oftentimes we are not aware of the harmony in our lives until we fall somehow into the chords of dissonance. Life is like that – made of the contrast; the light and the dark, peaks and valleys, yin and yang. What causes us to have the experience of a life out of tune? And, is there a way where we can subtly and gently turn the pegs on the string to make everyt
