Full Circle Yoga & Healing Arts 

This has been a busy and exciting year of growth for myself and the studio! Seeds that I planted months to years ago are now coming into fruition. I am so happy to see so many quality teachers who are now my colleagues growing their aspirations right alongside mine. Special acknowledgement for their service and dedication to the Full Circle Yoga Community this year goes to Kristy Cronkrite, Cara Fraser, Yvonne Clapper, Janet Riley, Alyssa Garcia, Lula Cervantes, Kathy Sprout

Struggling Morning Meditation 5am. The house is dark. I light a candle and find my seat. My ankles itch. I’m cold. I get a blanket and wrap up inside it. I pull it like a cloak around me and over my head. I cannot disappear from myself. I watch my thoughts wander around. I point one out, See! A thought! What's it doing? I make it sit down and be quiet. Then comes another. Then another. Mental space gets thinner and opens up like a predawn sky I see light. The light has no inn

When I am asked to do public yoga demonstrations, it can be difficult to get around the participants' preconceived ideas of yoga which often center around media images or a couple of classes they took on vacation one summer. In some cases, people are in work attire, even high heels, or a small cubicle-sized room arranged with folding chairs. I just never can tell who or what I'll encounter when I am hired by an organization to provide a guided meditation or a short yoga sequ