The practice of yoga is a practice of connection. Whether our practice centers around movement, breath, meditation...

For a while now, I’ve noticed that I want to focus on the good things in life and pretend that the bad doesn’t exist. It’s not part of...

Cultivating spaciousness to combat concentration in meditation.

Hmmm. Unbalanced. I’m doing too much for others and not taking time for me. That’s showing up as skipping my meditation and my yoga...

These days, any difficult blow can seem like a huge pile-on to an already built-up pile of pre-existing conditions. I don't have to list...

Sometimes disconnection shows up in the guise of isolation, with the inner dialogue of “why am I the only one who…” “how come its always...

Lost in my thoughts, struggling mentally with a problem that becomes larger and larger the more I think about it. Someone interrupts;...

You need to do this. You should do that. This isn’t going the way I want. Why aren’t they doing what I want? Why is this sooooo...

Do you ever have those days when you just aren’t “feelin' it”; just aren’t connecting to the way you want to BE in the world and in your...

It was early in the morning at around 6:30 am. With my hot steamy almond turmeric- cardamom milk, I sat on my chair next to the window...

I learned about burnout as a first-year grad student in social work. Through my work-study position, I was tasked with contacting alumni...

by Laura Martin, LCSW I'm so gratified to offer mindfulness classes in a yoga studio that in every way endeavors to promote respect,...