The origins of yoga are found, at least in written form, in Hindu texts that are thousands of years old. There it is referred to as “skillful action.” There are also numerous depictions of postures that we still practice today in stone reliefs, textiles, and art of the era. I was taught that the full…
We have a new series of winter writing workshops for you! This is yoga too. Yoga is skillful action. It is connecting intention with action. It is the realization of our potential and the willingness to practice being present within the context of our life experience… at every stage. Writers know just how difficult, and…
Is this your status? Are you “retreat curious?” I LOVE this curious feeling… granted, I’m biased… I’ve spent a lot of time training my brain to appreciate the discomfort, agitation even, that comes just at the brink of something new. It’s the feeling of potential, it’s the feeling of growth. It is energy coiling up…
This is a post about home and family. This month my siblings and I sold the house that we grew up in and, a headstone was installed at our parents’ grave. Things have changed. We’ve changed. We are in the midst of it all… exhilarating, confusing, motivating, sometimes stupefying. With (a lot of) practice, I’ve…
The Golddigger backstory Here’s how it all started… our founder and captain, the indomitable Stephanie L. Johnson from Idaho Springs, CO (home of the OG Golddiggers) found herself as an ardent young professional in Anchorage, Alaska in the early 2000s. She was surrounded by fabulous people telling tales of amazing adventures and realized that she…
We all know the feeling of stress… whether it’s the pressure of a bulging belly, the strain of loaded muscles, or a deeply furrowed brow, it’s the body’s awareness that something is happening now. (The featured photo shows a system that has not managed the demands of a 13 mile run in -20 degrees very…
Is it the Halloween decorations at Costco or the back-to-school notices in the mail? Maybe it’s the subtle feel of the fringe of darkness brushing up against late nights and early mornings. Can you sense it? There is change on the horizon. The seasons are starting to shift again. With this one comes association and anticipation. They…
A week ago, or I guess now it was two, I got a phone call. My sister in NY had taken my dad for a biopsy that day. They were back home but it wasn’t going well. A few hours later they were back at the hospital. Twenty-four hours later, I was on my way…
Evolve, from the Latin evolvere “to unroll, roll out, roll forth, unfold.” It’s what we do. Here, embodied, we roll, on this planet of ours around the Sun. We roll from one day into the next, one phase of life to another. Our lives unfold before us. I think we assume that there is a progression,…
Are you afraid of the dark? Have you not realized that your eyes will adjust, that your hands and your ears, and your nose can also see? There is seeing that is more subtle than guided by the sun. There is a brilliant light, astonishing in the winter. It is reflected in the snow. It…
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