Tattooing Yogini

​I am 286 days alcohol-free. It’s wild to be here and I am beyond grateful.  My sobriety has brought up a lot of emotions: loads of anger at first, then a lot of introspection. I’ve contemplated relationships - past and present. I have examined my people-pleasing and self-sabotage tendencies. I have looked at how I treat myself and my body. It’s been an interesting ride, let me tell you.  Having a sober mind is the greatest gift I have given myself.  Today I awoke around 6:00am, as I usually do and have been looking back over my life. It’s wild how many lives I feel like I have lived and how it still bugs me when people try to tell me things I already know, simply because they walked in on this chapter of my life. I have been and done a lot of things. CHILDHOOD:  I remember being a kind child. I watched over my cousin when storms came in, trying to calm her fears of the thunder and lightning. I remember petting bees in my yard and eating clover nectar. I remember the...

​ A quick Google search of lessons and themes for the Wolf Moon presents things like, introspection, community, releasing limiting beliefs and setting intentions…many of the same things you’ll see for any full moon throughout the year. People often message me asking for simple rituals they can do during this time and while I share some ideas with them, I think it is vital that we turn within to listen for what speaks to us.  As I often say in Yoga, the practice is your own. What I present in class is suggestion, not prescription. It’s up to each student to take the reins in their practice, listen to their body and to trust their intuition on the mat. This translates to life off the mat, and especially when it comes to spirituality.  Like Yoga, spirituality is an individual experience.  For me, the Full Moon energy can feel like a lot, probably because I am a predominantly Vata constitution and I have a lot of excessive energy. To balance this, during the full moon, I like...