To Shower or Not to Shower

Recently, I was contacted by a high school friend regarding a relationship she's in that's leaving her feeling vulnerable and unfulfilled. She had read my post on marriage and was reaching out for more understanding of my relationship philosophy. Those of you who have had the privilege of knowing me since my early to mid-twenties will also know of my horrible, terrible, no good very bad relationship with a dude named, well...Let's call him D-bag.  I know you'd  know of him because in those years of my life I was consumed by this relationship and had a difficult time discussing much else.  In fact, I would argue that I had become an entirely different person whilst attempting to fit his fantastic mold.  He was handsome and charming and oh yeah, how could I forget, a complete sociopath!  He cheated and lied and made me feel trapped in a very toxic world of make-ups and break-ups for three years. I made a fool of myself in public...more than once. I l...

    I used to think I could only gain by taking yoga classes from teachers who were better than me. Just in that sentence alone, I make myself cringe. "Better than me" at what? At yoga? What part of yoga exactly?? Yoga is not going to a room with a bunch of other people and doing some postures and going home. It's not all about the asana. It's not about how high you can lift your leg, how bendy your body is, how long you can hold a pose and how cute of an outfit you can wear while doing it. Yoga is a lifestyle...a way of living. A belief that all things are connected; that all things are one. It's a discussion between ones body and mind. It's the choice to live by Pantajali's eight limbs. A choice to walk the middle path, relinquishing all extremes. Asana is only one facet of a much larger organism. After having two children, my body and mind have both been overhauled. My priorities changed, and whether or not it's right, my y...