Top 5 things I wish I’d known a decade ago when just starting out in yoga… I expect this list to expand to at least 100 but here’s a start.
5)  You do not have to be flexible/strong/centered/hot in lycra to do yoga.  You do yoga in order to GET flexible/strong/centered and to love how you [...]

Woke up ungodly, unecessarily early with 3 Doors Down “It’s Not My Time”  running through my head.   Usually the random song has  been The White Tie Affair’s “Candle” or Jace Everett’s “Do Bad Things To You” (theme from  True Blood – TOO good) so at least that was a change.
But.  There. Will. Be. Naps. Later.
Traditionally in yoga,  [...]

Students ask great questions that I cherish & bet a bunch will come up in this blog.  Was reminded of one today since it’s an issue that comes up pretty frequently both as practitioner and teacher.
The innocent query usually goes like this:  “If I practice X amount, will I achieve Y goal in Z amount of time?”
Danger, beloved yogi, danger!  
The [...]

I have a singular talent for acquiring degrees/certifications/letters after my name without ever actually truly absorbing anything.  Rather, I drive through the minimum requirements, get the piece of paper, and move onto the next hollow ”learning” experience.  Did this through multiple academic degrees, as well as my certifications in Pilates, Spinning and Yoga.
At a certain level, that’s okay.  I [...]

Monday am rolls up and my schedule is:  3 1/4 hr Forrest Heal Your Back MP3 and a 2 pm deep tissue massage.  Oh, and clean the house since we expect some friends to be camping on the couch starting tomorrow night.  Sure, I’d be cleaning the house sooner or later this week, but a little [...]

So today’s practice felt wonderful — I was talented, bendy, content, motivated.   It was quite a shock. : )  This is certainly not a daily occurence though I have a daily practice, trust me!!
Many days my brain says “you expect me to do what?!?!” and my body is slow to warm, or grumpy, or tight, or whatever.  [...]

To do today:
- Start blog to provide an uncensored, New Age nonsense-free record of a Forrest yogini/yoga teacher who loves the sweat, breathe, discover, celebrate, heal, unearth, dig-out-the-shit-&-turn-it-to-fertilizer aspects of a daily practice
- Get out of bed by noon & actually practice.  Was out last night at a terrific Battle Pinot wine-tasting party (more on the wine/yogini [...]