I recently did a ropes course with my husband. It was amazing to be up in the trees in nature and to be in touch with the adventurous, playful parts of my personality. One of the most important aspects of participating in a ropes course is safety. Something that really struck me during the experience was how at each station there was a sign that read “Are you attached?” at the entrance. What this sign was referring to was that…
The other day I went into the refrigerator to grab ingredients to make a smoothie. As I moved aside various items doing a very familiar refrigerator shuffle to find what I needed, I couldn’t find what I was looking for – almond milk. The ingredient I needed to make my smoothie. I was confused. The last I checked a few days prior, we definitely had a good amount of almond milk left. I asked my husband what happened and he…
Somehow the past couple of years since the pandemic started has seemed like an incredibly long thread of time, and in other ways, it’s felt like a rapid passage of time. Being frequently quarantined and having diminished social activities has allowed many of us to be with ourselves and our thoughts….a lot. For many people, it’s been a time for deep personal reflection and perhaps even a space for examining our past experiences. As a therapist, one common theme that…
I am so glad October is over, despite it being one of my favorite months. This year’s October meant hitting a half year of the pandemic, feeling lots of pent up stress as the election inches closer and closer, and being in full swing of my child’s (often insanely stressful) virtual school. At the end of September someone wise suggested I read Pema Chodron’s “When Things Fall Apart” — it’s almost as if she knew what the next month would…
As part of the yoga by donation classes that I have been teaching, I usually end Savasana (the final resting pose) by reading a poem or a quote that resonates with me and that fits the theme of the class. Since I enjoy writing, on a couple of occasions I felt inspired to write something to read to the class. In the first class I did this I chose not to share that I was the author (for so many…
Tonight is our last night with our foster dog before he gets adopted. Having him has been a time filled with playing, training, many visits to the vet, some sleepless nights, and lots and lots of snuggles. (I can’t stress the snuggling enough, this dog is a LOVE.) As my son was talking to me this morning about how our foster dog wouldn’t be with us anymore, he had many different emotions come up. “I wish he could stay with…
I’m proud to share that a few months ago I graduated from my yoga teacher training and recently had the opportunity to teach my first classes as an official RYT-200! I have really wanted to be able to keep sharing yoga with people right now, especially during this time of unprecedented challenges and uncertainty in our lives. So, I decided to offer some donation-based virtual yoga classes, offering different styles of yoga, and where each class benefits a different charity….
A week ago, we started fostering a dog. He’s had a harder life up until this point, being highly neglected physically and emotionally by his previous owners. Despite this, he is so incredibly loving, and perhaps even more surprisingly, he is unbelievably trusting. His favorite thing to do is curl up in our laps or right beside us, and then flop onto his back and expose his tummy for some belly and chin rubs. As I sat beside him earlier…
It’s been hard to know what to write about lately. So much is happening in our world that is upsetting and overwhelming, and at the same time, right now the days seem to all blend together from one to the next, with more of the same quarantine activities and lack of normalcy. I barely know what day it is most of the time. Despite the monotony, a big part of me has really enjoyed quarantine, to be honest. I haven’t…
I put a little book together with my kids and my friend to help address kids’ experiences during this time. I hope this is helpful for your little ones!