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Nonviolence – The act of doing no harm. Similarly, the Golden Rule is the principle of treating others as one would want to be treated by them. I once heard someone call it a platinum rule, to treat yourself as you would want others to treat you. The intention of nonviolence is to cause or create […]

I started this blog with hopes to create the words that I could never speak and to help anyone out there feeling alone. There is an end to the suffering. I warn that this story may trigger some people, with brief discussions of abuse and suicide. This is, however, the story I want to share. […]

Happy Sunday! I hope 2024 has been kind to you. It’s been a while since I have been on here. At some point in my yoga training I reached a place that required silence. I believe I am finally in a space to come back and share my experience and things I’ve learned during my […]

The other day, I was driving home with my oldest when we stopped by in and out to grab him a lettuce wrap. I asked if he would like a Neapolitan shake (his favorite) and he hesitantly said no. I asked him why he declined the shake and he responded, “well, when I began to […]

We all have a story. One that begins at birth and ends at death, but that usually isn’t the story we live in. For most of us, the story begins with trauma, abuse, neglect, bullying, the list goes on. The story we tend to tell ourselves is the one that somehow puts us in a […]

When each of my kids were in 4th grade or so, they did a project around their name. The question was, why did your parents name you (insert name). This post isn’t about my name, rather the name of my site. Speak up yogi. I began to circle back on this name and I thought […]