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Our Costa Rica Yoga & Pilates retreat is a wrap! Such a fun group, in one of our absolute favorite places….we can’t wait...
16/03/2026

Our Costa Rica Yoga & Pilates retreat is a wrap!

Such a fun group, in one of our absolute favorite places….we can’t wait to be back next year ✨💫✨

Some days the weight of it all catches up with me. The harm, the cruelty, the dominance of obedience over morality. Toda...
29/01/2026

Some days the weight of it all catches up with me. The harm, the cruelty, the dominance of obedience over morality. Today was one of those days, I went dark.

What gave some light was spending the day with two groups of people doing genuinely good, grounded work in the world. I met with one in the morning and supported the other in the afternoon. Both fledgling orgs will be more visible soon, but for now I’ll just say how grateful I am to be part of efforts rooted in care, courage, and global responsibility.

It reminded me that change has always required risk. Nothing meaningful shifts without someone being willing to offer their time, their comfort, their certainty. In the yogic sense, this is seva, service not as charity, but as justice in motion. Seva asks us to recognize interdependence, and interdependence means we cannot stay insulated when others are carrying the cost.

I deeply admire the many ways people are trying to show up. At the same time, I keep wondering what we really mean by discomfort. Real transformation rarely comes from symbolic gestures alone. It comes when we are willing to examine the systems that have made our lives easier, to question how they were built, and to loosen our grip on what we have benefited from when that benefit came at someone else’s expense.

This work cannot be done in a single day, or with a single protest, or without feeling unsettled along the way. Especially for those of us who have known relative comfort, discomfort may be part of the work itself.

I’m sharing this not as a judgment, but as an invitation. What might it look like for each of us to stretch a little beyond what feels safe or familiar, in service of something more just, more humane, and more shared?

Maybe there isn’t a right time. Just time, passing, while we wait. In complicated times like this I see myself, and othe...
16/01/2026

Maybe there isn’t a right time. Just time, passing, while we wait.

In complicated times like this I see myself, and others, naturally move closer to their practice. Not out of trend, but out of need. When things feel uncertain, the value of a clear mind, a resilient body, and the ability to stay open and creative becomes very real.

Consistent practice does that. It steadies you. It sharpens your awareness. It gives you something solid to stand on.

And for some people, that naturally turns into a deeper question: how do I serve? How do I support others through this work? How do I hold space, not just for myself, but for my community?

Teaching has been part of my life for more than 2 decades now. Yoga has carried me through personal upheaval, leadership, motherhood, business, grief, and joy. But learning to teach is what changed everything. Teaching forces you into relationship with what matters. It asks for integrity, patience, humility, and real listening. It shapes how you move through the world.

That is what our teacher trainings are built around.

Not just learning poses.
Not just learning sequences.
But learning how to think, observe, communicate, and care skillfully.

Our 200 hour training is comprehensive, rigorous, and deeply practical. You will leave with a strong foundation in practice, anatomy, philosophy, and pedagogy, and the confidence to begin teaching in real spaces with real people.

Our 300hr Yoga Therapy Training is a transformative, clinically grounded journey that takes you far beyond foundational certification, deepening your understanding of the body, sharpening your ability to assess and adapt, and empowering you to skillfully meet real conditions and complexity with confidence, efficacy, and purpose.

More importantly, you will leave changed.

If you feel that pull, the quiet nudge toward deeper study, toward service, toward leadership, trust it.

You might be ready. The time is now.

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Some experiences are impossible to sum up. I remember coming home after a year living in monasteries and ashrams in Indi...
27/11/2025

Some experiences are impossible to sum up. I remember coming home after a year living in monasteries and ashrams in India, interspersed with photographing violent conflicts in Gujarat for the AP, and it was so natural for everyone to ask “how was it??” but there was no good answer. It was incredible, it was heartbreaking, it was hard, it was inspiring. I wasn’t the same person I was when I left.

This month in the Middle East, finishing Fordham’s International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance, similarly transformed me in ways I’m still finding words for. In the middle of a world on fire, it gave me sharper tools, a wider lens, and a community of people who refuse to look away. It has not made the state of the world feel any less grim, but it has made my sense of responsibility deeper, more grounded, and - in that - more hopeful.

I have made some lifelong friends that I treasure above all the content, incredible people doing incredible work in the world. People I feel lucky to know.

Aaaaand..I won the photo contest ;) The last pic will be used in Fordhams marketing for IDHA. I’m proud of that too.

I’ll encapsulate the experience - for now - with a passage from Octavia Butler’s book “A Few Rules for Predicting the Future”

“Okay,” the young man challenged. “So what’s the answer?”

“There isn’t one,” I told him.

“No answer? You mean we’re just doomed?” He smiled as though he thought this might be a joke.

“No,” I said. “I mean there’s no single answer that will solve all of our future problems. There’s no magic bullet. Instead there are thousands of answers-at least. You can be one of them if you choose to be.”

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02/11/2025

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If Wonder Woman and Caspar the Ghost ran into each other really fast
25/10/2025

If Wonder Woman and Caspar the Ghost ran into each other really fast

1st grade 📚
19/10/2025

1st grade 📚

🌀timewarp🌀
11/10/2025

🌀timewarp🌀

05/11/2019

Can’t wait for our guests to arrive tomorrow....

When you get to spend the weekend diving deeper than ever with an old friend. I’ve always loved how Ellen is always lear...
05/11/2019

When you get to spend the weekend diving deeper than ever with an old friend. I’ve always loved how Ellen is always learning, it was my honor to explore this practice with her. Look for Yin with her, Janelle and Ellyse at


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It’s been a long time since I’ve been schooled about myself as a Yoga teacher... I am practiced in the art of doing and as sweet and strong as my practice has become, there was always something missing, a softness maybe. This past weekend I had the pleasure of completing a Yin training with . It was such an eye opening experience and offered powerful insight into my practice, who I am on the planet, physically my body is different after -so so much juice for me- Yin is permission to let go, to soften to acquiesce. It feels old, wise, rich with wisdom and intuition.
You wouldn’t push and pull on a crooked tooth for it to move for fear of it falling out. You guide the tooth, with gentle, mindful tension to allow for the shift.
I am going to try to have YIN everywhere I can on the schedules. If you can’t find it at BURNINGHEART go to where you can, has invested so much time and energy in creating space for Yin in both the vineyard and in the valley studios.
Look for it on the schedules, ask me questions about it but do it, every body needs this, every heart every soul needs this ✨

The quiet moments in between, with Charlie. ⁣⁣I love this moment Marc caught, on a lunch break in training this weekend....
30/09/2019

The quiet moments in between, with Charlie. ⁣
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I love this moment Marc caught, on a lunch break in training this weekend. It can feel like we’re just barely making it work some of the time, but making it work none the less.⁣
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This group was magic ✨✨✨ Meet the newest Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training grads. I can’t wait for you to experie...
30/09/2019

This group was magic ✨✨✨ Meet the newest Yin Yoga and Yoga Nidra Teacher Training grads. I can’t wait for you to experience the thoughtful, resonant and caring way they teach. Look for their classes coming up this week:⁣
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Yin Yoga Thursdays at 5:30pm with at ⁣
Yin Yoga Sundays at 12pm with at ⁣
with more to come! ⁣
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Our training for Western Mass in October is full, but we’ll be putting up some Spring dates later this week so stay tuned at and ⁣
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@ Martha's Vineyard

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