One Love yoga

As our country begins a new chapter with the inauguration of president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris, we find ourselves in the midst of multiple storms. The pandemic rages on leaving death and economic devastation in its path, white supremacist and extremist groups have grown in voice and presence, and the ever growing existential threat of climate catastrophe looms large. As president Biden pointed out in his inaugural address "any one of these would be enough

For the past four years I have cut out of Utah in January to run a yoga retreat some place with palm trees, the ocean and lots of sun. It's been an incredible way to bring in the New Year with a rad group of yogis, take a step away from winter and change up the routine for a couple of weeks. With the pandemic still gripping much of the planet this annual tradition has been postponed to January 2022. Today when I woke up and was having my morning cup of coffee I felt myse

As many of you know, one of my main jobs is teaching yoga and music at a therapeutic boarding school for teenage boys in Draper, Utah. I have worked with this amazing health care facility for over a decade and it has been a crucial part of my growth as a yoga instructor. At the beginning of the year I received an email from the school informing me that all employees would be eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccination in a number of days. I had opened the email in the midd