Santosha: Acceptance, contentment, satisfaction. As I write this, its 6:30am and I’m watching Ziggy figure out how to master his Finding Nemo jumper. A few weeks ago he received it as a Christmas gift and he got the whole JUMP aspect down, but wanted nothing to do with the colorful characters that adorn this adorable […]
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Dirty 30 Namaste
My 30th birthday was less than 2 months ago and I rang in my newest year in the best way I knew how: with my family and friends! I handed Zyan over to my momma for the evening as we headed out to listen to local bands and drink tequila, dancing into the night as […]
How to Bless Your Home
This week during my classes, I worked on the idea of our Home Frequency. Elena Brower put out an amazing mini-article in her newsletter last week that reminded me of why I started the Shala and it resonated on an even deeper level as it was the first weekend of teacher training. It took me […]
The Rollercoaster of Life Leads us to Love
Somedays I wake up and say to myself “Oh my goodness, I’m a mom!” I know exactly how I got here and the steps I took to create the amazing life I am living today, but somedays it still seems so unreal. After years of hard work and dedication, I own a successful yoga studio […]
Magical Monday: Infant Massage
This week I took the smush for an infant massage class with our new moms group and it was literally the highlight of our week. The entire time we were there, he was cooing and trying to laugh as I massaged his little body with coconut oil. It’s really good for them before bedtime and […]
Magical Monday: Bliss in the rough moments
As I was composing this blog post in my mind, Zyan was feeding and Apollo was whining at the door as it was 9:35am and I still hadn’t managed to take him out. I relented to putting my nursing scarf on and stepping outside barefoot to let Apollo out, walking in my front yard with […]
Magical Mondays: Back in Action
This past week on my Facebook page, I proclaimed I wanted to bring back Magical Monday’s to the blog. With pregnancy brain/writer’s block taking a nice seat in my court these last few months, it feels divine to get back into the swing of things… and honestly it reminds me what day it is as a […]
My Perfect Birth Story
Let me start off this article with a disclaimer: I know I am blessed, I know my experience was not typical…but I still feel it’s crucial to share my story. A lot of my friends who have recently given birth have shared their labor and delivery stories. Being pregnant I was obsessed with reading them […]
July Ambassador: Stephanie Smith
I feel as though I say this during every interview, but I truly mean it: our ambassadors are OMazing!!! Stephanie Smith is 1/3 of the Smith family that comes to Barefoot Yoga Shala. I was first introduced to her right after my return from India in a very funny and interesting way. While I […]
How I Brought Back the (Pink) Light
Yesterday was just one of those days: pregnant and entirely hormonal. It started with tears and ended with joy. I always try to find gratitude, especially during the harder days and yesterday was no different. After a really rough morning and an evening of no sleep, I ventured off (with a hug from my husband and a […]