Selah Yoga for Health

10/19/2026

Practicing Balance
At times, many times in our lives we need a hand. There is a knowing of connection that I call God who provides just the right help at just the right time. That is what creates the balance of joy and grief. Helps us stand when unsteady and feel loved.

Keep practicing being vuneralble enough to see and accept a hand. And be the hand that lifts another. This is a joy filled life.

Peace

10/05/2026

The State of Being Flexible
Checking in with the changeable state of our physical, emotional, and spiritual being I am amazed. For the way I had understood how my body could move in yoga poses is now modified. I am practicing with limited ability and yet can still manage a fairly decent sun salutation. That, along with physical therapy is aiding a very slow progress to whatever a new normal may be. With my left leg a centimeter shorter than the right and some pain with limited flexibity in that hip, I am practicing what I taught for years. I am honoring my body. Listening deeply and allowing the breath with my limited movements guide me to a time of silence where sit and feel the peaceful presence of God.
The deepest state though is my husbands journey with brain cancer. I am in awe as I travel along with him through feelings of fear, grief, pain, anger all of it. Yet still, the most amazing thing I have witnessed is a growing acceptance and even deep love in the self examination of life. The realization that we just can't help wasting our time in life with unimportant things, thinking we have all the time in the world. He is sharing this wisdom with me, his family and friends that it is love we must hold to guide all of our days.
We are grateful to our special friends and family who have boosted our spirits, shopped, cooked, provided extraordinary gifts that help us in body, mind, and spirit. Joe has now entered the Hospice phase and so we spend our days enjoying now, our favorite time of year. It seems fitting that in the waning of life, we can watch the green of summer burst into a final show of beautiful life. Deep peace comes in the knowing that what seems to wither and die returns again in new life in its time.
For now there are still no yoga classes. I am providing limited Gestalt Pastoral Care Session online.
Blessings of Shalom, Sue
"The spiritual life keeps us aware that our true house is not the house of fear, in which the power of hatred and violence rule, but the house of love, where God resides. " Henri Nouwen, Behold the Beauty of the Lord: Praying with Icons

09/09/2026

Gratitude - Simple beauty. When it catches your eye, pause and breathe it in.

08/25/2026

One tough flower that rises up through the weeds.

Still no yoga classes and working on downsizing in my office I have a box of really cool yoga, books and T-shirts. If anyone is interested, please private message me.
I am healing and like that little flower popping up through the weedy situation I am filled with contentment and joy.
In September, I will resume healing Gestalt Pastoral Care sessions online. May all be well with you.

08/01/2026

This is not my usual state of living. To rest, be still and wait patiently for, well for what is not yet known. Even my practice of Centering Prayer Meditations have been a challenge as my mind jumps around the usual list of things to do, then, what I am unable to do at this time. It's the ongoing lesson of listening to my body, which lately because of overdoing has regressed to pain and limitation. The pain limits not only my movement but also my ability to be at ease. The realization that so many people live with daily pain that up until this point in my life I have not experienced is a real eye and mind opening experience.
The things I so easily taught in yoga classes do help and at the same time are such a challenge on some days that I just avoid them all together. I wonder when and how my body will be healed. I wonder if I can accept the possibility of limitations due to my injury.
In these days I lean on the strength and presence of God and the human angels that show up on my path. I am surrounded and protected so that I can still sit in the light of being and let go of the doing....for now. What challenges are you facing in these days ?
Peace and Blessings,

Yoga classes are still on hold while I heal. There are openings for online GPC sessions. PM if you have questions.

06/12/2026

The blessings that arrive to heal and help. Gratitude overflows.

The Interruption -

06/12/2026

New Blog and Website Updates -

YOGA CLASSES Temporarily on Hold. -Online Healing Sessions open to all are available!

06/01/2026

June's Gifts
Planting flowers is a practice of patience. Especially this year as I was gifted Zinnia seeds to plant. Each seed, precisely placed 1/4 in down and 6 inches apart with water and sunlight will by June have the beginnings of their summer show. Usually, I would put in the plants already blooming from the nursery. There is instant gratification in that. So, I will see how this goes. (This photo is from last year at Mangus Farm) Just like the seeds, I will be taking my time to nourish my body, mind, and spirit with water, sunlight, and rest. I hope you do as well. Enjoy the gifts of summer.
Addendum - I drafted this email the morning I was going out to garden. The sun was bright and I felt the rush of spring ready to flow into summer. Gathering my tools and plants, I went for the gas-powered leaf blower for its power and faster work as opposed to the battery pull the trigger blower. It has always been difficult to start, and as I pulled for the 4th time on the line to start the engine, my balance was thown instead. Down and back I went with such force that I broke my leg near the hip.
As I lie on the ground I thought," well this changes things again". A few choice words flew out of my mouth each time I tried to move. There is more to the story and I will jump to the end to spare your time.
I am home, recovering after surgical repair doing little chair yoga and breathing along with my PT exercises. There is a deep gratitude for my yoga practice as I know I would not be doing as well as I am without the gifts of the practice. Breathing in healing, breathing out tension and pain. The strength in my upper body and right leg help me to move with confidence, and my awareness helps me to know when to exercise and when to rest. Keep up your practice!!
Summer at Selah Studio - -
I know you can assume by now that I will be taking a break, from teaching until September. Though I am doing well I am aware of the need to allow enough time and space for healing.
I encourage you to find a class or instructor to continue your practice and recommend Hillary in Hector.
Check out Hillary Davis https://www.hilarydavisyoga.com/
Namaste, Shalom Sue

05/23/2026

The gifts of an informed yoga practice bring deeper awareness and healing.

05/18/2026

Monday Meditation - Fitting In - My mind likes to create the perfect fit for who I am. My descriptors and my schedules guide my day and it all fits. That is until life gets complicated or the unexpected happens. Then I can choose to squeeze myself into place or I can find the opportunities for change and growth. I am in such a season now. Are you? When I move into living from the expansive space of mind, body, and spirit, wholeness happens. Explore the heart of wellness at Selah. Visit the website to discover services dedicated to nurturing your body, mind, and spirit. Learn more about how we support your journey to healing and wholeness—visit the website today to take the first step

This week at Selah
Tuesday 4:30 pm Circle of Grace
Thursday 6 pm, Evening Bliss Yoga
Saturday 8:30 am Morning Wake up Yoga.