Entry #7

Yoga Day, USA

Yoga means “yoke” or “union” in Sanskrit

The practice of yoga is designed to remind us of our essential nature, which is joy. When we are out of “alignment” physically, we suffer discomfort and dis-ease. The health of the spine is crucial to our sense of vitality and longevity and the practice of hatha yoga is a wonderful way to maintain the flexibility and strength of the spine, while engaging the nervous system housed there in. The practice of yoga helps us to keep the body supple, the heart open and the mind quiet. Quiet enough to tune inward to the real union in the word yoga, the union of self with the Source of life itself.

But what happens for those couples that are experiencing infertility?

Entry #6

Awakening the Divine Feminine

We as women do it all.  We support, we give, we generate, we work, we clean, we organize, and we love.  If reading this leaves you feeling like a deflated balloon after the party, it should. We give so much of ourselves, there isn’t much left for us.  And we generally beat ourselves up for not doing more! In truth, it isn’t about doing less it’s r eframing HOW we are doing it.  Is how we are living our lives generating joy, fulfillment and serving us?  If not, then it’s not working.

Entry #5

Cultivating Compassion

How do we cultivate compassion for ourselves? The secret lies in forgiveness.

Life isn’t perfect.  Or perhaps it is, but we don’t see it that way.  Let’s say that life doesn’t always go the way we want it to, and when it doesn’t, that’s when the critical mind jumps in and says, “It shouldn’t be this way!”  Then we get upset because it’s “not going right”, it’s not matching the picture in our mind of how life “should” be.  In these times when there is a fundamental gap between our idea of how life should go and how life IS going, we judge it as wrong.  We resist it.  And in our resistance there is suffering.  Or we are attached to an idea of how it should be and miss hidden opportunities because they don’t fit our picture of the HOW it’s SUPPOSED be happening.  Inside of both of these scenarios there is suffering.

Entry #4

Feelings and Stress

Last month’s blog was about learning to breathe.  By allowing some space between you and your stress, you are beginning to learn that stress isn’t what happens to you, it’s your reaction to what happens to you! This can be a profound distinction for most of us.  Especially when dealing with reproductive difficulties. So if you are feeling stressed, you are not alone, this is difficult to deal with, but not insurmountable.

Entry #3

Learning to Breathe

For most of us, breathing is something we do without thinking. It is the first thing we do when we are born and the last thing we do when we die. Everyday we take thousands of breaths. But most of us don’t even notice our breath.  It’s one of those things that the autonomic nervous system takes care of, like digestion.  If we stop breathing, we stop living, so our body automatically regulates our breath for us.   But unlike digestion, we can consciously decide to change the pace and depth of our breath, and can actually impact our nervous system. (For the life of me, no matter how hard I try to concentrate, I wouldn’t be able to change the speed or way in which I digest food.)