A girl goes up a mountain I ran up the mountain I sat on a rock I breathed on the rock I looked at the mountain The mountain looked at me I walked down the mountain I went down a different way then I went up. Because the paths are many the Truth is one.
Two days into our Yoga Teacher Training in Nosara, Costa Rica we had a bonfire ceremony. Our yoga instructors lost one of their children six weeks before, and so although it was the first full moon of 2012, the ceremony was not just for this celestial event but also one to remember the life of [...]
I arrived in Costa Rica on January 7th. We began training on the 8th. The necessity of humility - both in the physical and mental sense - was thrown back in my face by my aching lumbar and stiff hips on day one. Surprisingly, this wasn't a bitter pill for me to swallow. To some [...]
In the military, every meeting and event is followed by some sort of debrief, post-op, or after action evaluation of aforementioned affair. Thus, in Marine Chick fashion, I shall present to you an After Action Report of sorts of my Yoga Teacher Training. Ok, it's not going to follow the military format (at all!) but [...]
(Some personal takeaways from yoga training - written on the plane ride home from Costa Rica) DAILY yoga practice which will include, of course, meditation and prayer. ---- a. Meditation can be as simple as mindful breathing. --- b. Prayer can be as simple as chatting with God. --- c. Don't worry about getting elaborate; [...]
So, I had myself a wacky Wednesday adventure today and wanted to share a quickie post about it... Let me bring you up to speed first. After two transformative weeks of yoga teacher training in Costa Rica, I'm now back stateside. My "redeployment" began with a rude welcome "back to reality" via Newark (uuuuugh) Airport [...]
Be patient Be love Be genuine Be fair Be content Be wise Be discerning Be compassionate Be calm Be centered Be balanced Be life Be Divine Be humble Be strong Be whole Be healthy Be connected Be accepting Be inspired Be inspiring Be passionate Be pure Be simple Be dedicated Be life Be giving Be [...]
This has been an incredibly special 24 hours, and one little post certainly wont due justice to the teacher and fellow students I've met here in Costa Rica, but I still wanted to at least write a little something. 1. To express my gratitude. 2. To share a little bit of what I"ve learned/relearned on [...]
As a follow up to the "Crap and Craic" piece I wrote earlier this week, I'd like to add a few more thoughts I have about issues women vets face while deployed and when they return. I'd already been mulling it over and then yesterday I had a three hour long interview with Greta Privitera [...]
Yesterday I spoke with Helen Coster from Forbes Magazine who is writing a feature article for Marie Claire about women veterans and the issues they face when returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. I was one of several female vets she interviewed, and the piece is scheduled to be published in March. The content of our [...]
