One of those poems that invites me to appreciate Beauty, and be in the present moment. Listen I want to tell you something. This morning...

I recently purchased the excellent resource "Viniyoga Magazines", that I highly recommend. You can go to viniyogamagazines.com or to...

A beautiful poem by Morgan Harper Nichols, from her book "All Along You Were Blooming". Thanks to Kris for pointing it out to me, and...

Poems arrive in the most interesting ways. This one came to me from a student, who couldn't sleep one night, and turned the radio on....

A dear student mentioned this poem in class a few days ago (thank you for reminding us of this one, Eileen!): Poem 133: The Summer Day...

I am a lifelong student of yoga, and recently enrolled in a program called "Deepen Your Yoga Practice", with Chase Bossart and faculty,...

Toni Goodman shared this poem with us in her Poetry Circle, honoring Linda Pastan, a few days after she died. Toni writes: "Linda Pastan,...

Lately, I have been reading a text by Albert Einstein in my classes, and he says the words "widening our circle of compassion", which...

I often read poetry by John O'Donohue in class, and I love particularly the beginning of this blessing: "May you awaken to the mystery of...

An invisible bird flies over, but casts a quick shadow. What is the body? That shadow of a shadow of your love, that somehow contains the...

In class we were talking about choice, and when we find a fork in the road, and I of course mentioned the great quote by Yogi Berra:...

My friend Toni Goodman shared this beautiful Mary Oliver poem with us. Thank you Toni, my poetry mentor! Poem of the One World Mary...

We have a wonderful community of engaged people in my online yoga classes, and last Monday one of the students mentioned this poem in the...

Thanks again Mary Oliver! Mindful Mary Oliver Everyday I see or hear something that more or less kills me with delight, that leaves me...

I love it when I listen to inspiring songs, with surprisingly (to me) inspiring lyrics as well. One can find inspiration everywhere. This...

I'm looking for short, simple & powerful quotes to read in class. Here are a few more, attributed to Lao Tzu. Which one speaks to you...

My friend Toni Goodman just shared this beautiful poem with us. It arrives right on time to me, in this a much needed world. I hope that...

Thank you goodreads.com for these easily available quotes. “Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures....

“A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and...

Last week I mentioned this quotation in class: "Walk as if you are kissing the earth with your feet" And here is this beautiful poem by...