15 Ways to Turn Your World Upside Down

2013 Wellness Challenge Week 23: Inversions When I was a kid it was fun. We had handstand contests in the front yard to see who could stay up the longest – the winner normally got to 10 seconds or so. We flipped and cartwheeled and hung from the monkey bars. It was all fun and games. Today, the fear of…

7 Steps to Transforming Anything in Your Life or Business

Are there ever times when you feel really good about what you’re doing, only to feel like a wall of bricks ran you over several hours later? It’s completely normal, by the way, to feel super confident one minute and super scared the next as our rational minds catch up with our heart’s deepest desires. For example, I recently took…

4 Ways To Get A Massage (For Free-ish)

2013 (Faith) in Wellness Challenge Week 22: Massage This week’s Wellness Challenge is fun and feels great! Even so, it can be hard to stick to your commitment and do it every day. When I say massage, I don’t mean go to a spa and get an hour long deep-tissue treatment every single day of the week. We’re much more…

Introducing The Unconventional Beginner’s Guide to Yoga

I wrote a yoga book!! I have a lot to say about yoga and sometimes it’s a lot different than what others will tell you, especially as it relates to beginners. A lot of fellow teachers I know are afraid to tell beginners the truth about yoga. That’s because it’s scary. But if you’ve been reading my blog or know…

The 3 Kinds of Listening

2013 Wellness Challenge Week 21: Listen I’ve been told in the past that I’m not a very good listener. It’s not because I don’t want to hear what other people have to say. It’s more that my mind works very, very quickly and sometimes I get really excited about things and interrupt others before they have a chance to finish….

3 Steps to a More Positive Life

2013 Faith (in) Wellness Challenge Week 20: Think Positive Do you know someone who complains A LOT? Maybe it’s even you. In the recent past, I’ve been particularly sensitive to complaining, which seems to be all around me. My close proximity to it made me wonder if I complain that much too! The quick fix to complaining is to think…