Singing Truth: A Reflection on Releasing Old Stories, Creating New Patterns, and Finding Your Voice
A few months ago, I took a workshop called “Let Your Yoga Sing”, facilitated by Suzanne Sterling, a musician, artist, yogi, and activist. It was an in-depth community exploration of self-expression through yoga, singing, dancing, and it was incredible. All of my...
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We All Grieve Differently, and That’s Okay
I made a post on Facebook a few days ago, and decided to share it here. It's not a formal blog- just a brief musing. I want to take a few moments to write about grief, loss, and difficult emotions. I know it can be very hard to share, and I know on the other end, it...
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Taking Flight Amidst Uncertainty; or, Morocco, Part 1
Taking Flight Amidst Uncertainty; or, Morocco, Part 1 28 MARCH, 2016 Astronomy Life Society About a year ago, my friend Meghan, yoga teacher and owner of Aluna Adventures, asked me to co-lead a yoga adventure to Morocco. At that particular moment in time, I had...
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Making the Most of Winter (For People Who Don’t Love Winter)
Making the Most of Winter (For People Who Don't Love Winter) 28 MARCH, 2016 Astronomy Life Society My teacher, Shiva Rea, introduced me to the idea of living in rhythm with the seasons. Spring is the time to bloom, summer is the time to put everything out there....
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The Holiday Season and Reconnecting to Your Inner Light
I always was excited about holiday lights coming out in the winter. Candles in windows, golden lights strung in shrubbery; all of them filled me with small bits of child-like wonder. I liked seeing colorful lights in the summer, but it never had quite the same...
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Street Art in Paris
It's common knowledge that Paris is a city of art. Some of the world's most regarded and beloved pieces of art (the Mona Lisa, etc.) in the world reside in Paris' 150+ museums. But, the creative pulse of the city can't seem to be contained solely within buildings;...
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It’s Never too Late!
It's Never too Late! Sometimes, I fixate on the idea of it being "too late" to accomplish what I want to in life. Jim Saksa made a post on Young Involved Philadelphia about people who switched careers and/or came to success way later in life. Thanks for the reality...
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Being Afraid, but Doing it Anyway- Anxiety, Love, Music, and Mindfulness
A couple of weeks ago, I had an exciting and terrifying rendez-vous with one of my goals. My boyfriend and I had seen a concert in Pigalle (the neighborhood that houses Moulin Rouge), and then walked up to the highest point in the city (Monmartre), where the famous...
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Winter and Inspiration in Paris
"Particularly, I remember the winters in Paris- not with pleasure, not with displeasure- just the blank expressions, meaningless but powerful, of the hushed, intense cold that lay over the Seine in the early morning, the lavender-grey daylight filtered down from the...
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Intuitive Painting Contest Winner!
Thank you to everyone who submitted entries to the contest, both on the Facebook page, and directly on the blog. Everyone's posts were introspective and heart-felt, and I deeply wish I could give away the class to everyone! The winner was... Camille! Thanks again to...
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Intuitive Painting Class Give-away!
Intuitive Painting Class Give-away! 28 MARCH, 2016 Astronomy Life Society "Often, the fear of not knowing what to do or the fear of doing something wrong stops us in our tracks and keeps us from starting. If we let go of this fear, we can open ourselves up to a much...
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Shared- Yoga is magic of course!
A beautiful blog on the magic of yoga by my talented friend, riantrunner. Check it out!
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“Don’t Date a Girl That Travels”
"Don't Date a Girl That Travels" A fun and vivid post from http://www.lovethesearch.com/. Is this you? Is this a part of you that's waiting to come out?
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Perfection is the Enemy of Progress
For most of my creative life, I've fallen into something I've named the Perfectionistic-Anxiety Cycle. I've experienced it with almost anything I very deeply care about doing. Maybe you've experienced it, too- it is as follows: 1.Start a new thing. This could be a...
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Montreux and the Swiss Alps
I vividly remember the first time I laid my eyes upon the Alps. It was my first time out of the US- I was in Nice, France, in January, and it was the first and only fully radiant sunny day of the trip. The Mediterranean sea had set something in my heart aflame, and I...
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This Week in Paris, Part 1- King Cake
This week was the celebration of "Le Galette de Rois", or The King's Cake. The tradition has roots going all the way back to the ancient Roman celebration of Saturnalia, which began at the end of December and ended in early January. Saturnalia was kind of like...
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Why am I Doing This? / The Art of Becoming
Aside from the obvious reasons why one might want to move to Paris (beauty, chocolate, art, poodles, functional public transportation), I've come here to perform a giant experiment. It's pretty simple- I'm going to see if devoting my life to the things that matter...
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Remembering to Breathe
One of the most difficult parts of my transition to Parisian life has been not being able to physically practice yoga asanas (poses). This is no fault of Paris; there are many yoga studios all throughout the city. The issue is with me; a few weeks before leaving, I...
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Le Café des Chats
Today, I visited "Le Café des Chats", a cafe filled with cats. The concept of a coffee house and kitty petting zoo originated in Japan, and has only recently opened in Paris. I had heard of it long before I moved abroad, which proved important, as reservations must...
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Expat Life; Day Une
Yesterday was my first day living in France! Years ago, I might have imagined getting off of my plane, dropping my luggage at my hotel, rushing to a pâtisserie to have a café & macaroons, followed by intense exploration of boutiques and cobbled streets, and maybe...
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On Leaving
Today is the day that I begin my journey abroad, and I am feeling a lot of ways. Exited? Check. Terrified? Absolutely. Like I'm going to throw up? Every other minute. But there's also a persistent undercurrent of sadness in leaving the people (and pets) that I...
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It Begins!
Something exciting (and overwhelming) is about to...
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