Tom and Tigger slowly climbing the driveway to our isolated mountain retreat Shinrin-yoku is a Japanese phrase translated as "forest bath...

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin In yoga, we have to learn to...

This is Budai, not Buddha. If you're like myself and many others, you've probably made the same mistake and it's ok. Budai, known as Hote...

(as first published on https://www.nonessentialdiaries.com/) I stare at Facebook all day like it's my job. Probably because it is my job....

Here we are, four days after Christmas, three days until the new year. This funny in-between time where people are off work or if they ar...

... yet everything is accomplished.* That's one of my favorite sayings to try (and usually fail) to live by. I try to remember to be calm...

Can it be true? Is my website really online? It is! Actually, it's not. My old site is still up as I write this, BUT I did finally update...

The hardest part of writing is... writing. As is true with all other things, I'd venture to guess. I've been wanting to start my blog aga...

Oh, hi! Welcome to my blog. I'm here to tell you about myself and my world of yoga, social media, living life in the busy north east Unit...