by Jurian | Sep 13, 2023 | Yoga off the Mat
As you may know, I Iove to chant. Chanting helped me to develop a whole new relationship with my voice. It introduced me to a new kind of creativity. It gave me another avenue to bliss. I feel completely at home using my voice this way. What you may not know, is that...
by Jurian | Jul 5, 2023 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
In a perfect world, today’s blog post would have gone out last week, but Friday was the one-year anniversary of Dad’s passing. (I marked the occasion by backing my car, full force, into David’s—a costly moment of mindlessness.) With the loss of both Mom and Dad...
by Jurian | Apr 25, 2023 | Aging Well, Yoga off the Mat
The most important woman in my life left this Earth three weeks ago. Through my online classes, many people heard stories about my mom, met her, or spent virtual time in her living room. Though her dementia progressed over these last few years, they were some of the...
by Jurian | Apr 2, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
Last week was intense. My soon-to-be-95-year-old mom spent three days in three different hospital emergency rooms, following a fall in which she hit her head. This on the heels of Covid. (Long story short, Mom is amazingly resilient and she appears to be...
by Jurian | Mar 7, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
Sometimes I’ll hear whispered (or shouted) in the yoga world the idea that a “more advanced” practice means mastering more complicated postures—poses that add the challenge of a bind or balance, that take the body into increasingly challenging shapes and contortions....
by Jurian | Feb 12, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, International Retreats, Yoga of Yes (Joy), Yoga off the Mat
I’m guessing that, for most of us, 13 years old is an age we’d prefer to have skipped. For myself, thirteen was an all-time low in terms of everything that matters to a 13-year-old. I was as awkward as I’ve ever been in my life—the definition of “uncool” in a big,...
