Looking Back to go forward

This is the time of year to reflect and make new promises for a new year.  In practice, the body gives us so much information and inspiration.  When I hold a pose in a Hatha yoga practice, I sometimes reflect on how the pose has expanded.  I notice how much deeper I can go physically, how [...]

Santa may not eat the cookies but you can make them anyway

My daughter asked me flat out, “mommy, tell me the TRUTH does Santa exist”.  Now I do understand that this question is a result of me LYING to my daughter for 8 years for the pure pleasure that it gives me to witness her innocence of believing what can not be seen-believing in magic reindeer [...]

Thrive Community Accolades

Owning a studio is very much like owning a restaurant.  You work holidays and weekends, mop floors and feed hungry souls.  We are so grateful to our students for trusting their practice to our (recycled tire) floors.
Recently, we have received such generous accolades that it has made every late night toilet cleaning worth it!  We [...]

Beryl Bender Birch at Thrive

I am just off a wonderful, deep, practice weekend with more than a hundred students and Beryl Bender Birch.  See Michael Smith’s blog www.pranajournal.com.
More on the Sutras later!