MAY 4, 2021 - PEAK POSE: ASTAVAKRASANA

Are you up for stuff? Our level of happiness is directly proportional to the degree to which we are up for stuff! :) So be up for stuff! Get happier!

APRIL 27, 2021 - PEAK POSE: SIDE PLANK WITH BOW/ VASISTHASANA WITH ARDHA DHANURASANA

The old you is on its way out. Don't mind the noise. Carry on with your new life.

That's really all there is to it. :)

APRIL 20, 2021 - PEAK POSE: VASISTHASANA WITH YOGI GRIP

If you're outgrowing who you've been, you're right on schedule. Keep evolving! Keep growing! Keep transforming. Keep going!

APRIL 13, 2021 - PEAK POSE: SURYA YANTRASANA (SUN DIAL POSE)

"Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It's really worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, ...

APRIL 6, 2021 (Recorded on April Fools' Day) - PEAK POSE: AKARNA DHANURASANA (ARCHER'S POSE)

"Are you sure??" Truly. Speaking of fools and trickery, our mind has a knack to trick us into believing the most outlandish scenarios and thoughts. Our fear can fool us into anxiety, anger, sadness, worr...

MARCH 30, 2021 - PEAK POSE: BALANCED HALF MOON

"Sometimes transformation is simply taking the best parts of you and giving them more room in your life." ~ Yung Pueblo

March 16, 2021 - PEAK POSE: MAYURASANA (PEACOCK POSE)
"The harder I work, the luckier I get." ~ Samuel Goldwyn

And that is the truth. We must work hard to keep the faith, fight our fear, stay in the grateful place, etc. When we work hard, spiritually speaking, the reward is blessing - it's grac...

MARCH 22, 2021 - PEAK POSE: LOLASANA or EARRING POSE

Celebrate you.
It's that simple. What if today were your birthday?
Well?
What if?
How would that change things?
It's time to catch up to the party bus, dammit! Get on that! :)

March 9, 2021 - PEAK POSE: CROW POSE ON FOREARMS

"You make your life hard by always being in your head. Life is simple - get out of your head and get into the moment."

MARCH 1, 2021 - PEAK POSE: KING ARTHUR POSE -
Leave who you were.
Love who you are.
Look forward to who you will become (and are becoming)

FEBRUARY 23, 2021 - PEAK POSE: PIKE HANDSTAND -

"Sometimes we are afraid to let go of our story and our pain because we don't know who we are without it. And that makes sense, because when we live with something for long, it becomes part of our identity. That's why healing takes courage. We hav...

FEBRUARY 16, 2021 - PEAK POSE: SIDE CROW VARIATION (PARSVA BAKASANA) -

"It's okay if you thought
you were over it,
but it hits you all over again.
It's okay to fall apart
even if you thought
you had it under control.
You're not weak.
Healing is messy.
And there's no timeline for healing."

FEBRUARY 9, 2021 - PEAK POSE: DWI PADA VIPARITA DANDASA (UPWARD-FACING TWO FOOT STAFF POSE) "You can't go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending."

We can't change our past, but we CAN go back to our past and rescue the best of who we are. Go back and c...

FEBRUARY 2, 2021 - PEAK POSE: SIRSASANA - One Day or Day One - It's your decision. Ultimately we have to choose, either to continue "one-daying" ourselves, dreaming about what we want or need to do, or we just freakin' do it. No matter how many setbacks, no matter how many times we need to start...

JANUARY 26, 2021 - PEAK POSE: TRIPOD HEADSTAND - "Drink from the well of your self and begin again" - so wrote Charles Buckowski. We have to do just that. All of our focus lately has been on learning from our past but moving forward. We move forward by being kind to ourselves. We progress by bein...

JANUARY 18, 2021 - PEAK POSE: REVERSE BIRD OF PARADISE - Be kind to past versions of yourself that didn't know the things you now know. How would today change if you forgave previous versions of yourself? Don't let that rearview get too big! ;-) Keep moving forward.

JANUARY 12, 2021 - PEAK POSE: BIRD OF PARADISE - Don't let your rearview get larger than your windshield. Seriously. While we need to look thru the rearview periodically, we must keep our eyes forward on the road ahead. If you are overwhelmed by an emotion, like fear, worry, anger, sadness, you'v...

JANUARY 5, 2021 - PEAK POSE: BAKASANA/TITTHIBHASANA COMBO - "Forward is Forward". We can't let our rear view mirror be larger than our windshield. How do we move forward into our next best version of ourselves? We are proud of our progress, even if it feels small. Forward is forward. Celebrate th...

DECEMBER 29, 2020 - PEAK POSE: UTTHITA HASTA PADANGUSTASANA VARIATION (New Year's Eve Theme)
And after the storm cleared, you met the next version of YOU! Who do you want to be when the storm clears? What aspects of your previous version do you want to leave behind in 2020? Envision your next bes...

DECEMBER 22, 2020 - PEAK POSE: FLYING COW (CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST) "Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes... including you." ~ Anne Lamott This holiday season, what can you unplug from for a bit so that you can plug INTO the things that matter most? Unplug from fear. U...

DECEMBER 15, 2020 - PEAK POSE: BHUJAPIDASANA - Fear knocked on my door. Faith answered. Nobody was there. :) Faith scared Fear away. How can you let your FAITH get scarier than your Fear? :) Or, let Faith grow so strong that it doesn't even answer the door when Fear knocks.

DECEMBER 8, 2020 - PEAK POSE: EKA PADA KOUNDINYASANA I - Believe in what you pray for. If you don't believe in your prayers, how do you expect God/The Universe to answer them? Perhaps your practice today involves believing that things will work out in the way you want. Believe in your ability to ...

DECEMBER 1, 2020 - PEAK POSE: TOLASANA - The old Cherokee tale of two wolves. Inside all of us is a battle of two wolves: there is the good wolf (kindness, faith, hope, empathy) and the evil wolf (greed, fear, sadness, anger). The wolf who wins is the wolf you feed. But we also must acknowledge t...

NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - PEAK POSE: EKA HASTA BHUJASANA - "Throw roses into the abyss and say: 'Here is my thanks to the monster who didn't succeed in swallowing me alive." -Nietzsche - How can you do just that? The true measure of gratitude is when you can have gratitude for it all - ESPECIALLY for t...