THINGS CHANGE

Something that inspires me as the Director of the Yoga Teacher Training program at UVM over the last 5 years is following what the students do after the training is done. I feel so lucky to get to meet these amazing people and then see them go head out into the world...

Turn Your Thoughts Around

Springlike weather was forecast for last Tuesday, it was probably the last semi-warm day until April. With that in mind I rode my motorcycle to the morning class I teach in Shelburne, my plan was to take a nice ride to Burlington afterward. When class ended I headed...

You Only Know What You Know

I recently bought a 2009 BMW G650GS motorcycle.  It’s awesome!  I never thought I’d own a motorcycle, and definitely not a BMW.  But, my son has got me excited about motorcycles, so we concocted this idea of him, my wife and me all having BMWs and...

Removing The Lint From Your Mind

Sometimes what you think is a huge disaster, is actually almost nothing at all. As an example, I taught one of my Fabulous Fridays! recently. For about a week before the class I was putting together a 2-hour playlist for the class. I put the playlist on my phone, and...

Signs, Signs, Everywhere A Sign!

Over the holiday break my wife and I decided to take a short vacation across the border to Quebec. From where we live in Vermont the Canadian border is only about an hour away. Not too far to go to experience a whole different culture and language. I found a nice Bed...

Work For The Joy of It

I play in an Ethiopian rock band called New Nile Orchestra. It’s pretty great, and something I never thought I’d musically end up doing after  growing up in white, rural Wyoming. Anyway, the band has been together for 15 years, and at this point we only...