by Elise | Oct 16, 2019 | Action, adrenals, alignment, Art, Attitude, Awareness, Blog, burn out, busyness, devotion, Empowerment, energy, feelings, flow, forcing it, Goals, Growth, mindful, News, Personal Growth, self-discipline, spanda, Stress, teacher, the zone, writing
“Don’t write a book unless you just can not NOT write it.” – Maya Angelou I haven’t been writing much lately, in my blog, or anywhere, truly. My yoga dharma talks, which were once the effusive ideologues of youth, have been reserved and quiet. My...
by Elise | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Events, Health, Jessica Patterson, Love, mindful, Yoga
Wow! I don’t even consider myself a blogger per se, but I was nominated for the One Lovely Blog Award! The dear Kirsten Akens, who is one of my RootEd tribe and very thoughtful writer, nominated me. Thanks, Kirsten. The guidelines for this award are as...
by Elise | Oct 14, 2013 | Blog, Empowerment, Jessica Patterson, Patanjali, Personal Growth, Yoga, Yoga Sutras, Yoga Teacher Training
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” In my last blog post, ‘What Is Yoga Anyway?’ I expressed my excitement and joy over starting my next intensive yoga teacher’s training. What I didn’t mention is that I’ve been considering this training for years,...
by Elise | Oct 2, 2013 | Blog, David Life and Sharon Gannon, devotion, gift of health, Jessica Patterson, Jivamukti Yoga, Karma Yoga, Maya, Poses, Posture, pranayama, Relaxation, Samadhi Yoga, Yin Yoga, Yoga, Yoga industry, Yoga Nidra, Yoga Teacher's Training
This month I’m celebrating the twentieth anniversary of my very first yoga class. As a college freshman, I somewhat arbitrarily signed up for yoga as a “physical education” elective. My beloved grandma had been practicing yoga for years, so I had a vague knowledge...
