Today, did you go within? Did you go to Church? Did you pray? Did you meditate? Did you do yoga? Did you journal? Did you do anything for your spiritual health? Don't we all need reminders from time to time? I'm not talking to-do list reminders; I'm talking about touching-in-with-your-soul reminders. Unfortunately, most of us [...]
There are all sorts of ways to manifest the concept of "living in the moment" or "being present." Although the example I'm about to detail involves elements of planning ahead, I still see it as living in the moment because it's a promise to partake in a big event of which its logistics I didn't over-think. [...]
Starting Tuesday 6 March 2012, Feel It Burn studio in Gahanna, Ohio will offer Veterans Yoga Night. Every Tuesday at 8:15pm, vets can come get some Restorative Yoga on the house. This is a great stress reliever and a perfect addition to your pre-bedtime, nightly routine. Marine Corps Veteran and yoga instructor, Sarah Plummer, will [...]
this is not Sarah in the picture "Although never attacked physically" is specifically in regards to Sarah's time in Iraq not as a comment about her time in the Marines overall
Please read my recent piece as published by Service Women's Action Network, or read below: Women veterans are represented by the media in a variety of ways, ranging from wanna-be rape victims (as per Liz Trotta's recent delusional discourse on Fox News) to princess warriors upon pedestals. As the case goes when talking in extremes, [...]
Yoga cracks me up sometimes. I have a different experience every single time I practice. This past Wednesday, at Feel It Burn in Gahanna, (a suburb of Columbus, Ohio), during Jamie's class (Pete's and my current fave one to attend recently) I had yet another new experience. As I breathed deep, stretched out and down, [...]
Prescott Paulin, my buddy and unofficial business adviser, shot this impromptu video (<---click on that link! ;-p) as I was about to begin teaching a yoga class at Proactive Centers Chiropractic Office in New Albany, OH. Seriously, no planning, off the cuff, these two women told me they had never done yoga before in their [...]
Service Women's Action Network published this piece today. You can click on the link, or read the body of the article here: People think it's easier for single soldiers to go to war. In some ways, I believe it's harder. I was married once...nearly a decade ago. Like anything in the Marine Corps, even the [...]
I'm covered in freckles. Depending on the season, this is a more noticeable cosmetic trait at some times than others. This January, while winter waged its war in the northern hemisphere, I escaped to the equator in order to soak up the sunshine of Costa Rica. There is a direct correlation between the amount of [...]
Ok, so I'm taking a small, insignificant example and using it to highlight a principle. Bear with me, folks ;) On the second leg of my journey from Columbus Ohio to Palm Springs California on Monday night, I boarded a "puddle jumper" plane in Phoenix. My appropriately sized carry-on was too big to bring aboard, [...]
