We spent the last two articles starting with the fundamentals of beginning to create more balance, less stress, more adaptability in your daily life so you can maneuver obstacles and thrive rather than just survive in this brilliant day-to-day existence we have been blessed to experience. (Feature Photo/Art Richard Shilling www.richardshilling.co.uk) Today, we continue where we[…]Read This Blog Post
Category: Self Care
Life Balance (Part 2)
Earlier in the summer, we started a conversation about life balance. We discussed some ideas and thoughts about balance, and we even gave a “challenge” of picking one thing you have been putting off around your “self care” and practicing it throughout the summer. Some of you may have had lots of success with this[…]Read This Blog Post
Lifestyle and Balance (Part I)
I recently had a client ask me “when will I know my life is ‘balanced’?” I often use this term “balance” when I am coaching my clients and students to signify some sort of equilibrium. However, this can often be misleading, insinuating perhaps that at some point we will “arrive” in balance never to be[…]Read This Blog Post
5 Skin Care Tips for Summer Sun Recovery
See original article published on Portland Monthly here. Each season brings it’s own challenges for your skin. This time of year, Portlanders are transitioning out of an exceptionally long summer—which brought with it a lot of oxidative stress to our skin cells from UV radiation, sunscreens, dehydration, air conditioning, more smog than we are accustomed to, and[…]Read This Blog Post
Alleviating Misunderstandings Between Teachers and Students
I was recently in a counseling session with one of my nutrition clients and she told me this story that has happened to her more than once in a yoga class. I have heard enough similar stories from several of my students in the last few years that I thought it would be worth addressing[…]Read This Blog Post
Self Healing Through the Care of Others
You ever have one of those days? You know the ones. One of those infamous days where everything seems to be going wrong. You’re late to all of your appointments, there are big rifts in your communications with others, and no matter what you try to accomplish there seems to be something blocking you. By the[…]Read This Blog Post