Guiding Star Yoga Therapy

04/28/2026

There’s something about New Mexico that invites you to slow down and listen.

I spent time here in training for my Spiritual Direction program—stepping away from the noise to deepen this work through learning, reflection, and being fully present in the landscape.

Spiritual Direction is about creating space to listen more deeply—to yourself, your life, and what’s unfolding.

If you’ve been feeling the need to pause, reconnect, or find direction, I’d love to walk alongside you.

✨ Spiritual Direction sessions available

04/24/2026

Register at GuidingStarYoga.com. Details will be emailed to those registered.

04/12/2026

🍀 Imagine how beautiful life becomes when we stop rushing toward tomorrow and simply rest in the grace of today. When we recognize that our time is a precious, limited treasure, our hearts naturally soften. Through the practice of mindfulness, we no longer find room for old resentments; instead, we fill that space with warmth, laughter, and deep appreciation.

Living fully means choosing to see the wonder in a single breath or a kind word. It is the joy of forgiving easily and loving without holding back. By treating each moment as a sacred gift, we transform our journey into a celebration of light. Let us cherish this moment together with mindfulness, for it is exactly where peace begins.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

04/12/2026

04/04/2026

✍️ Walking Together Through All Seasons - Life brings us many moments - some gentle and peaceful, others challenging and difficult. There are times when we remember to breathe mindfully, to walk with awareness, to choose peace. And there are times when we forget.

This forgetting is so natural and human. Old habits can flood over us like sudden waves, pulling us away from the path of peace we wish to walk. These habits are strong and familiar—they’ve been with us for so long that sometimes they sweep us along before we even notice.

But here is what we hold gently in our hearts: even when we forget, even when old patterns pull us away, we can always return. The path of peace is always here, waiting patiently for us to come back. Not with judgment, but with welcome.

May we all find the strength to return, again and again—after we’ve been swept away by anger, after we’ve forgotten to breathe, after we’ve acted from old habits instead of clear awareness. The practice is not in never falling away. The practice is in coming back, with kindness toward ourselves.
We are here walking this path together. When you forget, we are here. When you struggle, we are here. When old habits feel overwhelming, we are here with you.

We hope that we can continue keeping each other company on this journey of peace—through difficult times and gentle times, through forgetting and remembering, through falling away and coming back.

Thank you for your patience with yourself. Thank you for your persistence in returning to this path. Thank you for walking together with all of us, step by tender step.
We are deeply grateful to walk beside you.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

03/22/2026

If your SI joint (sacroiliac joint) gets a little cranky from time to time, these simple movements can help reset your pelvis, often bringing noticeable relief in just a few minutes.

To build on this work—for yourself or your students—explore the full practice to relieve sacroiliac discomfort through the link below. Along with pelvic reset movements, the complete sequence includes targeted core and hip strengthening and release to help cultivate balanced support through your sacrum, pelvis, and lumbar spine.

And as always, if you’re experiencing significant or persistent pain, check in with your healthcare provider before trying something new.

https://yogainternational.com/article/view/a-practice-for-si-dysfunction/

03/02/2026

Here's where you can find me this week. You can register for the classes Grace Yoga and Pilates by clicking here: https://graceyogaandpilates.com/schedule/

You can join me at Gold's Gym by paying $10 for a day use pass.

Send me a message with questions about the classes at Genesis United Methodist Churc and I'll get you hooked up.

02/24/2026

It’s our right and our obligation as citizens.

02/24/2026

BREAKING: The image says everything. After six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil has been reassigned to SEPTA duty. No burrow. No excuses. Just a bus, six inches of snow, and a city that does not care.

Eyewitnesses say he’s been gripping the wheel since Broad Street, running on Wawa coffee, half defrosted pretzels, and pure exhaustion. Snow piling up. Routes delayed.

Phil hasn’t smiled once.
Officials insist this isn’t punishment, it’s accountability. He called it. Philly’s riding it.

02/24/2026

Pennsylvania the second the word “snow” shows up in a forecast: civilization collapses. We don’t panic, we prepare. Carts loaded like we’re barricading the Turnpike. Milk. Six gallons. Eggs. Enough to open a diner. Bread.We’re carb-loading like we’re personally shoveling I-81.

Meanwhile the groundhog’s smiling at checkout like he knows exactly what he did. The line’s 40 people deep, everyone side-eyeing each other’s dairy supply, and somehow we’re all making French toast for three straight days. This isn’t hysteria. This is Commonwealth survival protocol.