Energy is contagious.

Why practice yoga? To connect with your best self. Get stronger. More flexible. To stay calm in the midst of swirling urgency. So you can ride life’s ups and downs like a pro snowboarder. Or maybe just so you don’t want to punch people in the face. All good reasons. I teach vinyasa-style yoga classes in Vermont and online. And often lead workshops that combine yoga with my background in nutrition and behavior change.

We all write stories.

In the background of our brains, there’s always a narrative. Sometimes the stories we tell ourselves are true. Sometimes they’re fiction. Fake news. Our stories can lift us up. They can make us feel small, unworthy. Words have power. Spill them onto papers and screens. Rearrange and remove them until what remains is just right. The beautiful truth. Or just the truth. Your truth. And then you can share. Here are some of my stories.

I showed up irritable, the villainous shadow side of a person who’d weathered travel delays to get home at 1:30 am and woke to an intimidating to-do list and an ungrounded outlook. But a bluebird sky and a patient @jonolin got me out. Shout out
Team work, focus, creativity, delicious intent. I love the Jr Iron Chef VT event SO much. This skillful CVU sophomore team (and last year’s winner) whipped up incredible shiitake sushi; their sister CVU team (freshman!) grabbed the Crowd Please
I teach yoga and aim for equanimity but I am definitely a high/low, up/down kind of a human. Steady states are sometimes contentment and more often meh. But I’ve had a couple of days that have felt great and want to share the reasons for why (i
To wrap the six-year anniversary of my first work day at @mamava_vt , I interviewed @saschamayermama for her forthcoming podcast (more soon!) at @dialedstudio and hung out with our favorite sound producer Will. I am grateful for getting to do and lea
For years, I have been wanting to develop a yoga-based program that combines the physical and philosophical practices of yoga with the behavioral principles I studied in grad school (I have a master’s degree in nutrition but many of these conce
Today, my Grandma Mary would be 25. Or 100. Depends how you count Leap Year birthdays. In any case, she was a major influence on my life, up till she died, the result of a car accident—when I was 16. And she was too. (Or 66, again, depending on
Scenes from a whirlwind visit home: 🇮🇹 Jimmy’s Italian Specialties in Youngstown, OH for biscotti, cavatelli, beans and greens, meat sticks and more ☕️at @pressedcoffeebarandeatery, cute new discovery on YSU’s campus (where I once at
My roommates liked my banana bread. My roommates put something back in the fridge. Is this progress? Is this art? Are we missing something here? 🕵️‍♂️