It is your birthright. You do not need to be exhausted, overwhelmed or at your breaking point to need rest. You were born needing rest and you still do. They only thing that changed as you became an adult was the messaging. Say it to yourself. Rest does not have to be earned.

Every week I pick a card from Tricia Hersey’s Rest Deck, a tool for getting razor sharp about what’s important to you. A deck like this is magical. It calls out to you and calls you out. Join me to experience the brilliance of Hersey and do the work around Rest with me.

Rest is a place of abundance and freedom . Imagine what that feels like in your body. How is rest changing you? Come with us to a place where your body and your mind connect.

Rest has created even more Ease, convincing me that Rest is our answer. Join us to practice Rest thru August.

Every week I invite you to celebrate. On Fridays we celebrate the wins from the week. What are you celebrating? What went right this week? Little or big, make sure you take a moment to pay attention.

Earning rest is a weird concept, right? But we all do it. In this episode I talk about how I sometimes feel like I need to keep up and why I know that’s not true.

Shifts, wobbles and changing within poses and from day to day are normal and expected. How to take those experiences and the lessons from them and plug them into your life. I’m sharing my process as I’m navigating the waters after my mom’s stroke.

I talked a lot about being present and the cope Ahead skill, but really the most useful yoga skill/tool to help care for my mom is gratitude. Practice gratitude as often as you can!

My mom had a stroke. I’m in Chicago taking care of her with my siblings. I am staying present in the moment and I’m Coping Ahead all at the same time. Today I’m thinking about how being a yogi is helping me manage and how it’s benefitting my mom.

It’s the magical month of June and I am celebrating! Are you? Oh! And it’s Friday when we celebrate the wins. An attempt at a shorter episode.