I’m about to get really honest and say “INJURIES SUCK!”. I was at a point in my practice where my handstands were on point, my balance was great, and I felt more stable than ever. Then, all of a sudden, here comes a major shoulder injury. It’s tough when you have a...

It’s been almost seven days since I last taught a yoga class. Sometimes even being gone for a week I have to get my bearings straight. I walked into my normally scheduled Monday routine of teaching class and I couldn't have been happier.  Six years ago I never thought...

Sometimes being a badass is a hard thing to do.  You have to own your shit and walk with it, get a bad rap for being honest, and people are gonna dislike you because you own your actions, but none of that should stop you from doing you. We all have our own ways of...

As a yoga teacher, you would think that I was more at ease most moments. I'll be the first to tell you that’s not true at all. I, like most people have a great deal of anxiety about many different things in life. There’s small things that could set me off and get my...

I quit my job... Yup: I decided to stop the bartending shenanigans and start teaching more yoga.  Although at this very moment I’m beyond scared and have no idea what’s going to happen (when do we ever, really?), I still have this compelling energy to do more. Someone...

Growing up is a trap! I repeat: GROWING UP IS A TRAP! I don’t know about you, but when I was a kid, I would dance to the beat of my own drum or any beat at all.  Half the time, I was pantsless doing it.  I’m not sure when it happened, but at some point, I started...

I think at this point in this yoga jam of mine I have taken something like five teacher trainings (and who knows how many workshops). For a long time, there was this underlying issue I had that I wasn't ready to be a “real teacher” or “I didn’t know enough”. I failed...

Do as you're told, follow the rules, fit in… Just some of the many phrases I’m not a big fan of. I remember awhile back walking in an airport and people staring at me. Maybe it was the tattoos or the crazy mohawk hair I had at the time but it made me feel a little...

A few months ago, I chatted with a friend about my bucket list. It came up in conversation that I wanted to hike Machu Picchu in Peru to go find myself (or something of that variation). I’ve done a few hikes before but nothing as intense as this. I said, “why the hell...