Gratitude is a muscle - a muscle that needs to be strengthened with continuous exercises. Our minds are keyed to think the worst - this is what has kept us alive for a long time; but, it doesn't have to be the way we see everything each day. Even during difficult and challenging times in our li...

We can get caught up in the downhill rush at the end of the year and feel super tired. That's what Self Care September is for! This month our theme is Regenerate and we focus on soft, healing, nurturing practices to help support our bodies/minds/energy natural healing. This might mean going de...

Welcome to the Wheel of the Year - the 8 fold solar cycle traditionally celebrated through introspection, gratitude, coming together, remembering, and deepening our connection to the natural cycles of our earth.

This is Samhain (pronounced SOW-when), the time of year that we feel our ancestors, ...

Uncertainty - we all deal with it in our lives and sometimes, it can seem as if EVERYTHING in our lives is uncertain. This practice came out of a time in my life where I felt my entire future was utterly uncertain and it made me feel shaky, ungrounded, frustrated, and fearful.

So, like many t...

🌞 Celebrate the Summer Solstice on June 20 🌞 Join us in Sacred Circle for community, meditation, sound healing, journaling, and connection. Register here 👉 https://www.theyogaranger.com/summer-solstice-sacred-circle.html

During the day, many of us have a running dialogue in our heads that w...

Restorative Yoga is about healing all of the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic cracks that occur each day - helping us soften and restore our bodies and minds to a healthy state. Lean into the beautiful and compassionate support of props today as we breath, let go, and invite deep rest....

Our psoas muscles do so much both physically and emotionally from stabilizing our entire body to storing trauma at a cellular level. In this practice we focus on awareness of the psoas muscles, breath to invite release, and letting go of tension through deep stretches. Join Lucy and I as we exp...

During different stages of our lives we will grieve and each time it will look different. One thing in common - we will all feel some anger whether that be at the situation, a person, the world, or ourselves. Anger is a powerful emotion that when harnessed and processed correctly, can move us f...

Our vagus nerve system, along with many other things, helps regulate our ability to downshift from flight, fight or freeze to rest, digest and heal. Keeping our vagus nerve system healthy, responsive, active, and resilient helps us recover faster and keeps us healthier. Restorative Yoga is the ...

The grief process is extensive, touching our past, present, and future and can include every emotion possible. Grief is unique to each one of us in each instance where we feel grief - sometimes bringing back memories from seemingly unrelated experiences. In this practice we honor all of the pro...

Welcome to a New Moon! Yoga Nidra is about reconnecting to your inner guide, your true self and in this practice we will be exploring softening, releasing, and opening ourselves up to passion and presence.

Gather your blankets, bolsters, and pillows - be warm and comfortable and join me on a jo...

So much of our lives is spent being disappointed and frustrated by expectations. What if we released those, practiced letting them go and focused on being in the moment, mindful, aware, open, and curious? In this practice we focus on bringing our awareness to our expectations in our practice an...

Throughout our lives we will face uncertainty, transitions, changes, and challenges. How can we face them with more grace? Our practice is a place of learning - not just physically but mentally, emotionally, and energetically. We learn the beautiful skills we need to move through our lives wit...

Being vulnerable is hard. From fears of rejection or being mistreated to not being seen as strong enough - vulnerability has spent years getting a bad reputation.

Being vulnerable isn't a weakness. In fact, it's courageous, strong, beautiful, and passionate. How can we open ourselves up to ...

What is resilience? Resilience is the mind and body's ability to bounce back, recover, come back to center from a challenge, change, or difficulty. And resilience is something we can strengthen. How? Every time we practice, we can build resilience through awareness, breath, nonjudgment, and c...

How can we honor our ancestry better? By being good ancestors, by acknowledging the lessons, skills, gifts, talents, abilities that we have been gifted and by knowing that we are born from love. We explore this and more in our breath and body.

Props: 1 blanket or towel or anything you need to...

Many of us struggle with the concept of abundance. Perhaps it stems from our lineage or our own life or ideas, but regardless of where our ideas about abundance or scarcity come from, we can live a life of abundance right now in this moment.

Yin is a beautiful practice to explore abundance, san...

Many cultures around the world have names or phrases for the Great Spirit, the Great Mystery, the Divine, Spirit, Life Force, Creator of all things, the Sacred that resides in all living things. Whatever the names or description/translation, many of us are looking to create deeper spiritual mean...

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; the courage to change the thins I can; and, the wisdom to know the difference.

Many of us have read or heard of the Serenity Prayer, but how do you apply it in your everyday living? We tap into our intuition, listen carefully to our ...

"We dream in color...but we live in black and white..." (Jefferson Starship)

These words were in a song by Jefferson Starship and it was one of my favorite songs ever - still gives me goosebumps when I hear it. Why? Because each of us dreams beautiful, vivid, technicolor dreams but we are too...

Ever need a warm hug? Me too. While I can only send you a warm hug virtually, I can offer you (along with Lucy of course), a lovely Restorative Yoga practice that is simple, loving, supportive, and might leave you feeling HUGGED.

Props: 2 blocks, 1 bolster or 2 pillows, 2 blankets and/or 2 th...

Many people are suffering from complications associated with COVID - often referred to as long COVID and many people have reached out to me with requests for practices to support them. First, thank you for reaching out and second, this is the first in a series to support you!

One of the most ch...

Today's New Moon practice is a very special dog rescue benefit for the global initiative Yoga Stops Yulin to help bring more awareness to the plight of dogs and cats in southeast Asia and to support those on the ground helping rescue these animals and fight for change. For more information on ho...

Summer is here and our energy is peaking - not only upwards but outwards. We may feel pulled to "do" everything at once, start a bunch of new things, share our energy everywhere but is this sustainable? There is time - time to enjoy, savor, explore, experience the summer with mindfulness and at...