On Tuesday morning, we woke up to a city covered in ash. The air was dense, smoky, and ominously gray and the temperatures remained too hot. ...
You’re an asshole but I forgive you
I had fabulous Friday morning plans. It's been awhile, a really long while since I've been able to have a real morning. I was going to get up early, ...
I’m a failure
Here's a story I rarely share. When I was approximately 14 years old, the summer before my freshman year in high school, I excitedly (and very ...
Why we stop learning
This past Saturday at Flex & Flow we hosted one of our best workshops to date, Hand's on Assists with Alissa Marguerite Yoga. It was extremely ...
Stop wishing your life away
I hear the words I wish I could do that far too often; in fact, I hear those words almost every single day in response to a variety of situations. And ...
My glamorous life: why owning a yoga studio is crazy
I think my battery finally wore out this week. On Monday, I literally felt like a zombie - sleepwalking my way from one hour until the next - feeling ...
Phenomenal woman, that’s me
"I am a Woman Phenomenally. Phenomenal Woman, that's me." ―Maya Angelou To all the phenomenal women out there, happy International Women's Day. ...
When you feel like a sideways fart…
While I was in Bali this past October, my roommate, Angela said something so profound it nearly stopped me in my tracks. She was describing a rough ...
Spring fever…
We had a little taste of sunshine in Portland earlier in the week and it had me in the mood for spring; I was nearly ready to start putting the winter ...
Choose love.
After meeting on Superbowl Sunday, my husband and I went on our very first date approximately one week later on February 13 (6 years ago). I remember ...