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True Confessions: A Night Owl’s Reckoning & Benefits of a Morning Practice
by Chaille Lemcke We've all heard the age-old saying 'the early bird gets the worm.' That said, I've spent decades terrified at the thought of getting up at the crack of dawn to do anything much less practice yoga, resisting the siren call of the morning. This has...
The Anatomy of Anxiety (2 of 2)
By Alicia Moore A couple of weeks ago I shared a post about a friend of mine that passed away. I touched on anxiety, and how it can manifest in the body. We often want to curl up and hide from the world; we wish to conceal, disappear, disintegrate. It’s funny, because...
The Anatomy of Anxiety
By Alicia Moore (Part 1 of 2) A brilliant, beautiful friend of mine was murdered six weeks ago. It has taken me nearly all of that time to unravel myself from the tight ball I contorted my body into. It was as if the news had made my belly muscles contract, pulling me...
The Dance- A Poem
by Alicia Moore In the moonlit mountain air, I dance to the maddening bass in my head-- bonfire ablaze at my feet as I thrash my body in the deep, orange glow of night. Little glass bottles of Ayahuasca shake and clank as each foot thumps the grayish clay. I am...
Musings on Music
By Alicia Moore “Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ― Maya Angelou Music has changed the trajectory of my life; it has pulled me to shore, and pushed me out to sea. Music is my anchor, my life vest, my...