Be real! Be who you are. Do you know who that is? Have you questioned things such as your beliefs, your motivations, your choices? Are you satisfied with where you are in your life? If not, this is the time for change. It’s a new year and there’s no Read more…
This morning during my morning meditation it occurred to me. I’m not sure how, why or when a download from somewhere comes into the mind, but it did. I watched as the idea unfolded before me. I’ve been studying and practicing Vipassana Meditation since my first sit in India in Read more…
“I feel closest to God when I suffer.” Neem Karoli Baba Looking back, I feel like the things that were the most challenging in my life have built me up more than the things that were handed to me. My Yoga Teacher training, finishing my college degrees, running away from Read more…
From the moment my feet touched the ground it felt like home. I stepped right into the rhythm on the streets of India. I loved the fast paced walking through the markets and the smell of perfume or spices or incense wafting through the air. I still smell that sometimes Read more…
In 2001 I finished my 200 hour teacher training. I will always remember the last day when we all graduated, there were 26 of us and it felt like a family. I had learned so much about yoga and I had learned even more about myself. I felt like a Read more…
In 1996 I was lost and that is when Yoga found me. Each time I practiced over the years I felt weight dropping away. Not physical weight but baggage from my past that I had been unknowingly carrying around for years. I knew that something was happening but I didn’t Read more…
Namaste. I’ve probably said that word more than 10,000 times since beginning my yoga practice in 1996. I was desperate, like many of my students are now, to find something to help me. I was working in sales, trying to finish my undergraduate degree, lonely and stressed out. This was Read more…
No, 2020 was probably not what you wanted it to be . Maybe you’re feeling alone, sad, angry, or depressed. That’s OK! I’m learning that all of my emotions can teach me something; they can show me how to heal old wounds, how to let go of the past and Read more…
“I feel closest to God when I suffer “ -Neem Karoli Baba Looking back I think most of the things that were the most challenging in my life such as – Yoga Teacher training, finishing my college degrees, running away from destructive relationships, traveling India alone for months, deciding to Read more…
Did you know my last name, Baum, means Tree in German? When I was a child I loved climbing trees. We had a huge pine tree in our backyard in Royal Oak, Michigan, that I climbed all the time. I can still smell the scent of pine and feel the Read more…