by Jurian | May 10, 2022 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
I’m headed to Italy in a couple of days to lead a retreat. (I know, poor me.) It’s been rather comical watching my mind—still unused to the idea of international travel—go through its wild machinations these last couple of weeks as I prepare for the trip....
by Jurian | Apr 26, 2022 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
In last Friday’s Berkshire Eagle, I happened to see a short letter to the editor. Six sentences total, it read, essentially, “In honor of Earth Day, please join me in picking up litter.” I have fond memories of trash pick-up adventures with my dad when I was a little...
by Jurian | Apr 12, 2022 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
Elisabeth Kübler Ross, author of On Death and Dying, said, “Beautiful people do not just happen.” They are made, she argues, by adversity. It is, in fact, struggle, pain, defeat, suffering, loss — and finding a way through and to the other side of them...
by Jurian | Mar 26, 2022 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
When I was a shy teenager, I imagined that in every social situation I was the only one who was lost and scared. Now I know better. Most teenagers are lost and scared. Right now, as an adult, I’m worn out and heartbroken. I’m also aware that the whole world is worn...
by Jurian | Mar 14, 2022 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
“I don’t wannnna!” is the cry I hear from my inner toddler quite often these days. She’s exhausted, cranky, didn’t get her nap, is running on empty, and doesn’t want to do whatever it is that she needs to do next. (Sound familiar?)...
by Jurian | Jan 10, 2022 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga of Yes (Joy), Yoga off the Mat
I was teaching a workshop recently on the Seventh Chakra, Sahasrara, the Crown. This energy center, located at the crown of the skull, is associated with the element ether (space) and with the infinite, the invisible, the unnameable. It invites us to connect to the...
