Over a decade I felt like I was in a spiritual desert. Have you ever felt like you are or were in a metaphorical parched place? Maybe it...

Reflections on Becoming Resilient Class.

It isn't as simple as they told me. How can I be expected to change what I have built my life on? If I change any one belief that I have...

It’s Valentine’s Day, and Risha greets us all at the door with a cup of warm cacao. As I whip off my socks and head to my mat, she pulls...

I stumble into class three minutes late and smelling ever so slightly of timothy hay. I'm coming straight from herding alpacas around all...

Green goodness = green goodness. Starting a garden? "Why should I compost" usually comes up as a question. In the Spring I have many...

This isn't about a workout as a Yoga Teacher! What about your student's mind or heart that is in turmoil?

Christianity and Yoga can be compliments of one another. While personally being a believer in the teachings of Christ, and who...

"My head is round so my thoughts can fly is all directions." -Risha Hoffman, Keith Allen, Francis Picabia (worded more eloquent) and...

Bath time seems to be a thing of the past. Who has time to soak in lovely organic botanicals and relax? There are deadlines, schedules,...

"Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them." Psalm 126:6 If I had...

Why do you study the Bible? For many of us we have asked or been asked this question. It can be overwhelming starting a journey to...

What if fighting for our beliefs. Looks more like surrendering. Though that’s the hardest thing. What if standing up for what’s right....

Intrinsic : [in-trin-sik] adjective : belonging to a thing by its very nature: relating to the essential qualities or features of something

"The greatest crime in the desert is to find water and keep silent." -Ancient Arab proverb The same story told over and over again can...

Culturally, I was raised that appearance is extremely important. Performance was equivocal to being accepted and loved. Feeling a...

Hmmm, wonder what the world is up to? So, I sit down, open my Mac (that may have been a plug-you decide) and start scrolling on FB....

I reached for the key to undo hell's shackle. An old story of a God residing in a tabernacle. In this dark I laid bare in the cold...

Love as words Can bind and heal Balm for the hurt Of imprisoned real Light we are to be The promise sent by a dove Full spectrum of color...

Sovereign and just as a mountain, Sweet refresh of spring air. Thawed in truth of grace, As mercy erased my despair. Creation's destiny...