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Our Intentions A friend recently paid me a compliment. She told me, “You are intentional.” Her accolade made me glad; my intention of being intentional was showing. Whether having a conversation with someone, writing a post for my blog or teaching a yoga class, I immerse myself, as much as possible, into who or what…

Which Season Summer is done. Fall is here.  Each of the four seasons has their own distinct characteristics of weather conditions, day lengths and attributes. Spring has warmer temperatures than winter, awakening plants and animals from winter dormancy and the sound of song birds.  In the summer months, temperatures rise, water tables drop and gardens…

What Our Bodies Tell Us  “All of our systems have our well-being at heart,” so says Gayatri Devi, M.D. author of A Calm Brain. I believe her because when one of my systems feels as though it is working against me, cacophony occurs. But when all my systems are in wonderful working order, I experience…

What Makes Us So Angry? There was a time when I had an endless amount of anger. But once I discovered its source, I cauterized it, staunching its ability to bleed out and contaminate myself and others.  Anger produces a lot of energy inside of us, but this energy is not a productive kind of…