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10/23/2026

“Roll with the punches.”

I used to hear that as: toughen up. Take the hit. Keep going.

These days I’m interested in a different meaning:

Stay steady enough to respond and flexible enough to change your approach.

I see echoes of this in yoga’s relationship between steadiness and ease, in motivational interviewing’s curiosity about ambivalence, and in the Stoic distinction between our actions and what lies beyond our control.

Not identical teachings, of course. But useful companions for thinking about midlife and beyond.

Maybe the practice is no longer about making today’s body, energy, or circumstances conform to yesterday’s expectations.

Maybe it’s asking:

— What needs my effort?
— What needs a different approach?
— What needs support rather than more pushing?

Rolling with the punches doesn’t have to mean putting up with more.

It can mean adjusting without abandoning yourself.

10/19/2026

"Listen to your body." It’s arguably the most common cue in yoga. But what are we actually asking our students to do?

We’re asking them to practice interoception—the nervous system’s capacity to sense, interpret, and respond to internal signals.

When we tell students to "just notice," those who struggle with pain, anxiety, or hypermobility can easily interpret physical sensations through fear or urgency.

Interoception isn't simply about noticing. It’s about building discernment and choice.

Slide through for a quick reframe and a Sensation Word Bank you can use in your next class! 📲

👉 Want to dive deeper? I wrote a comprehensive guide breaking down concrete cueing strategies, category questions, and prop techniques for yoga teachers.

Comment BLOG below and I’ll DM you the direct link. 🔗

10/15/2026

The Invisible Thread 🍂

Have you ever caught yourself spinning in place, holding on to something by a thread?

I came across this leaf a few days ago, suspended in mid-air—dancing, twirling, caught on an invisible strand of spider silk, or maybe sap. From a distance, it looked magical. But up close, it seemed trapped in an endless loop, resisting the inevitable drop.

It got me thinking about how often we do the exact same thing in our own lives:

➡️ We hang onto relationships long after the connection has frayed.
➡️ We cling to old versions of ourselves because the familiar feels safer than the unknown.
➡️ We exhaust our energy sustaining business offerings, ideas, or habits that no longer serve us.

How do we know when it’s time to let go?

Your body usually knows before your mind does. It shows up as tension, fatigue, shallow breathing, or a constant feeling of spinning without moving forward.

How do we practice letting go?
In yoga, we learn that surrender isn't passive collapse; it’s an active step toward freedom. We don't just "decide" to let go in our heads—we have to embody it:

1. Exhale (Pranayama): Lengthening your exhale tells your nervous system that it is safe to drop your guard. Try a 4-count inhale and a 6- or 8-count exhale.
2. Slow Movement/Somatic Practice: Soften the shoulders, unclench the jaw, and allow the weight of your body to sink heavily into the mat or floor.
3. Meditation & Grounding: Sit with the uncomfortable sensation of the "drop" and realizing that falling down is simply coming home to the earth.

When the leaf finally falls, it doesn't break—it settles. It rests. It turns into nourishment for what comes next.

What invisible thread are you holding onto today? What would happen if you simply let yourself land?

09/29/2026

Your wrists do a lot of typing, scrolling, and gripping, and they rarely get a break.

One of my favorite quick resets is something Carol Krucoff calls spark hands. You flick your fingers off your thumbs like you're shaking off rainwater. Then you rattle your wrists in any direction, as fast or as floppy as you like.

Then you stop, let your hands rest on your thighs, and notice what arrives: warmth, tingling, a little buzz of energy.

It takes about three minutes. Let your shoulders drop, keep your belly soft, and breathe through your nose.

Try it between emails today and see what your hands tell you. 👐

09/29/2026

How do you listen to your body?

1. Squeeze your hands into tight fists for three seconds—notice the warmth and pressure.
2. Now release them fully onto your thighs. What changes in the palms the moment you let go? 🖐️✨
3. Notice if you can move past "good" or "relaxed" and name the exact sensory quality of what you're feeling right now.

Borrow a word from this bank:
* Temperature: Warm, cool, radiating
* Texture: Buzzy, tingling, smooth, fluttering
* Weight: Heavy, light, spacious, dense

Notice how naming the raw sensation ("tingling, warm") feels different from adding a story or judgment ("my hands feel stiff today"). That shift in attention is interoception, and it's your body's built-in tool for self-regulation and discernment.

When we exaggerate tension and then let it go, our brain receives a sharp contrast signal. This makes it easier to tune out background mental noise and listen to what our body is actually telling us.

09/04/2026

What do you think about interoception?

07/03/2026

After 8 hours at a desk, your low back is compressed and your nervous system is still running. You need something that addresses both.

Supported bridge does exactly that. Here’s the setup:

Lie on your back, knees bent, feet flat. Lift your hips and slide a yoga block (or a thick book) under your sacrum at the lowest height. Let your hips rest on the block. Arms by your sides, palms up.
Stay for 3–5 minutes.

What’s happening: the gentle lift opens the front of your hips (counteracting all that sitting), decompresses your lower back, and — most importantly — inverts your pelvis just enough to shift blood flow and signal your parasympathetic nervous system.

In TCM, this position nourishes the Kidney meridian (Water element) by supporting the sacral area and encouraging energy to settle downward. It’s deeply grounding.

You don’t need a yoga mat. A carpeted floor, a block or thick book, and a blanket for warmth. That’s it.

Try this tonight after your last work session. Save this for your evening routine.

06/25/2026

Hot flashes during a client call. Internal heat that rises without warning. Summer is making everything worse.

This isn't just "being hot." In TCM, it's the Fire element rising without enough Yin (Water) to cool it. In Western physiology, fluctuating estrogen disrupts your hypothalamic thermostat.

Either way, this breath might help: Straw breathing — a cooling breath you can do anywhere.
1. Purse your lips like you're sipping through a straw.
2. Inhale slowly through the purse for a count of 5.
3. Close your mouth. Exhale through your nose for a count of 5.

Three rounds take about 60 seconds.

What you're doing: drawing air across the surface of your tongue and palate creates a mild evaporative cooling effect, while the slow, structured rhythm signals your nervous system to downshift. It's particularly effective at the onset of a hot flash — not to stop it, but to change your relationship to the heat. You meet it with a cooling response instead of a stress response.

Use this in summer between writing blocks or during a hot flash. It's discreet, quick, and grounded in both yoga tradition and thermoregulatory physiology.

Try 5 rounds right now. Notice if the temperature of your inhale actually feels cooler. Save this for August.

06/18/2026

3am. Eyes open. Mind already running. You know this one. Next time it happens, try this before you reach for your phone.

Heart 7 — called Spirit Gate (Shen Men) — is on your wrist crease, at the pinky side. Feel for the small bony bump on the outer edge of your wrist. The point is in the depression just beside it.

Press gently with your thumb. Hold for 6–10 slow breaths. Then switch wrists.

In TCM, Heart 7 calms the Shen — your spirit, your mind’s capacity to settle. When Yin is depleted (as it often is in perimenopause), Heart Fire rises unchecked. That’s the racing mind, the heat, the inability to return to sleep.

This point doesn’t force sleep. It settles the spirit enough that sleep becomes possible again.
I keep a small sticker on my nightstand to remind me: Heart 7 before phone.

Save this for your next 2 am wake-up. Heart 7 before phone.

06/17/2026

You know that feeling when your mind won't stop and your body is practically shouting at you to slow down?

That is body intelligence. Your body doing exactly what it's designed to do — sending signals, receiving information, working to keep you well.

Most of us get very good at overriding it. Especially those of us who work in health and science, where the mind is the professional tool and the body is the thing that gets managed around the schedule.

This September, and I are hosting seven days in Mexico specifically for midlife women in health, science, and medicine who are ready to stop overriding and start listening.

Small group. Registration is open — save your spot today at the link in bio. Use code REWRITERETREAT for $800 off through June 21st.

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