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    Right Use of Energy: Walking My Talk
    Leigh Drake
    • Apr 5
    • 2 min

    Right Use of Energy: Walking My Talk

    The practice of yoga is a practice of connection. Whether our practice centers around movement, breath, meditation...
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    Keeping it simple
    Leigh Drake
    • Feb 8
    • 1 min

    Keeping it simple

    Life is complicated. Time is limited. Managing my needs, the needs of those I love, my community, our planet. It seems to go on and on...
    63 views0 comments
    My Wound Becomes a Portal
    Leigh Drake
    • Jan 12
    • 1 min

    My Wound Becomes a Portal

    We all struggle. We all have pain. My “normal” way of moving through life is to ignore my pain and push on, to push through. Who hasn’t …
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    Ahimsa - Personally Practicing Non-harming
    EB Ferdig
    • Jan 5
    • 3 min

    Ahimsa - Personally Practicing Non-harming

    When faced with the harm that is done every day in this world, it can be overwhelming to consider. I know I often feel frustration, fear...
    118 views0 comments
    The Union of Opposites:  Terror and Joy
    Leigh Drake
    • Dec 15, 2021
    • 1 min

    The Union of Opposites: Terror and Joy

    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...
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    Being Your Own Witness - a Seat of Self-Compassion
    EB Ferdig
    • Dec 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Being Your Own Witness - a Seat of Self-Compassion

    Our topic this month is witness, or wisdom presence (vjanamaya kosha). The term witness here refers to the kosha model of the human...
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    Beyond Concentration:  Cultivating Spaciousness in Your Meditation Practice
    Leigh Drake
    • Sep 8, 2021
    • 1 min

    Beyond Concentration: Cultivating Spaciousness in Your Meditation Practice

    Cultivating spaciousness to combat concentration in meditation.
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    Trust and Meeting Ourselves Where We Are
    EB Ferdig
    • Aug 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Trust and Meeting Ourselves Where We Are

    Our topic this month is trust. Trust is what is needed when we make changes. The bigger the change, the more that a leap-of-faith may be...
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    Try a Little Tenderness
    EB Ferdig
    • Mar 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    Try a Little Tenderness

    In that classic song made famous by Otis Redding, he urges the listener to be tender with their beloved, for it makes weariness easier to...
    108 views0 comments
    Connection at the Turning Points
    Leigh Drake
    • Mar 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Connection at the Turning Points

    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...
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    Finding Some Peace with Surrender
    EB Ferdig
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Finding Some Peace with Surrender

    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...
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    The Breath: A Gateway to Giving and Receiving
    Leigh Drake
    • Feb 26, 2021
    • 2 min

    The Breath: A Gateway to Giving and Receiving

    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...
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    Being Alive in a Disconnected World
    Leigh Drake
    • Feb 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Being Alive in a Disconnected World

    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...
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    A Chat with Carol Grimes on Loving-Kindness
    EB Ferdig
    • Dec 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    A Chat with Carol Grimes on Loving-Kindness

    I had the opportunity to chat with one of our favorite teachers, Carol Grimes, this week, to talk with her about her upcoming series ....
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    Finding Rest and Inspiration in the Season of Change
    Leigh Drake
    • Oct 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Finding Rest and Inspiration in the Season of Change

    Awe, awesome change! As I write this, the bright orange and yellow leaves are quickly falling off of the beautiful trees outside of my...
    27 views0 comments
    Yoga: Your Secret Weapon for Managing Menopause
    Rose Bak
    • Sep 18, 2019
    • 2 min

    Yoga: Your Secret Weapon for Managing Menopause

    Join a conversation with women in their 50s and invariably the conversation will turn to menopause. “These hot flashes are killing me!”...
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    A Powerful Antidote to Compassion Fatigue
    Ashley Dahl, MSW, CMT-P
    • Sep 7, 2019
    • 2 min

    A Powerful Antidote to Compassion Fatigue

    I learned about burnout as a first-year grad student in social work. Through my work-study position, I was tasked with contacting alumni...
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    The Power of Relationships
    EB Ferdig
    • Jun 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    The Power of Relationships

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