A New Road Traveled

A New Road Traveled

One of my favorite thoughts to reflect on this time of year is from Fulton Sheen, who said that it should be no surprise that the magi returned home by another route, for no one comes to Christand goes back the same way! I absolutely love this thought. Perhaps this...
He is Risen, but I am Dead!

He is Risen, but I am Dead!

May You Live Fully Alive In Easter Joyfulness! First of all, thank you so much for your participation in our Lenten Yoga Series and in Holy Week Holy Yoga. Your faithfulness to Jesus, your yoga practice, and to Fully Alive Yoga, is a great support to me and a witness...
Compassion, Pity, Mercy

Compassion, Pity, Mercy

Compassion, Pity, Mercy As I write this I am in New York City visiting my son. We just got off of the subway where I witnessed the most tender moment. A pregnant woman got on the train car and was visibly tired and overwhelmed. Another woman motioned to her, and then...
Compassion, Pity, Mercy

Lent From a Child’s Perspective

Last week I picked my three grandkids up from school, and over Graeder’s ice cream cones I mentioned to them that Lent was coming up soon. Oh, my goodness, the protests that spilled forth! There was a loud “Oh no!” and an “I don’t like Lent” and a few other...
Stealing Time and Other Things

Stealing Time and Other Things

Remember, yoga was never meant to just be a physical practice, as it has largely become in the western world. We know this by studying the Yoga Sutras, the traditional yoga text that describes the yoga philosophy and way of life. The sutras describe an eightfold path...