The Gift of Retreat:Top 10 Reasons to Go to Costa Rica!

I have been facilitating retreats for the past 15 years and the power of getting away can never be overstated.  We are so busy with such full lives these days that stepping out of our familiar routines and into the flow of something totally different gives us an opportunity to gain perspective through new surroundings,…

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Lessons From the Mat: Going Beyond the Pose

I spent last weekend in an Anusara workshop with Ross Rayburn.  Ross is a highly knowledgeable and dedicated yogi who pushes his students physically, mentally, and spiritually.  He pushed us to our limits, not in a diminishing way, in a loving and supportive way. There is something very empowering about listening to a passionate yogi share his…

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Think Better Than You Feel

I am listening to Joe Dispenza talk about how the mind works and how our subconscious (90-95%) is so much more influential on our feelings than our conscious (5-10%)is. He says we get addicted to certain thoughts, which then make us feel a certain way, the body remembers it and we repeat the cycle over…

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MORE Fabulous After 40

I have never entered any kind of contest like this before, but I loved the concept MORE magazine came up with by having women define why they are more fabulous after 40.  The old saying that “youth is wasted on the young” is a great one, but it doesn’t stop our culture from being obsessed…

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