Teaching Ayurveda and Anusara Yoga in China

I arrived in Guangzou, China during a huge heat and humidity wave in September of 2017. Every day the sun would scorch me or drenching rains would pour down with no relief in sight!. At my host, Chen Ya, yoga studio, 26 enthusiastic teachers from all over China...

Post Anusara Yoga and Meditation Retreat Recap

What an AMAZING Retreat! Our annual Anusara® yoga and Meditation Retreat at Dai Bosatsu Zendo was so special. The group bonded so sweetly and deeply. We had several days of intense thunderstorms. The rain was so heavy it actually obscured the view of the lake and...

Life Enhancing Benefits of Anusara Yoga

My passion for Anusara® yoga started in 1998 when I met the founder, John Friend. I have been teaching this practice of Hatha yoga for 17 years and each day that I come to my sticky mat I experience gratitude for this heart-filled path of yoga. I recently returned...

Who has your back? #Reflections

Creating and being a member of a yoga tribe has been a deep desire and longing of mine since I started practicing yoga in the early 90’s in NYC. I was searching for a home base. I went to yoga conferences to try to meet the teacher that would inspire this kind of...

My Adventure to Europe

I have been anticipating this return to Europe since my last teaching tour here in the Fall of 2015. My lovely hostess, Sabine Freitag, invited her students and other Anusara® yoga students and teachers to her town of Neider-Olm for 2 days of Therapeutics Workshops....

Are You An Emotional Eater? This One is For You!

I hope you’re doing well and enjoying the last month of winter, as we head towards long awaited spring time. I know it’s been a difficult couple of months recently, with anxiety and instability spreading across the globe due to the new political situation...