Self-care is super trendy right now and for good reason. Our society is moving faster and demanding more of us every day. We’re asked to produce more with fewer resources and we are running on empty. We have very little to give anyone, and even less to give to ourselves. So, what exactly is self-care?…
Sacred Ancient History Frankincense is an aromatic resin with a long history of use. It is a powerful medicine, a universally known incense, and a source of livelihood for nomadic tribes. Frankincense is synonymous with spirituality; like myrrh, it was a prized possession in the ancient world, equal in value to many precious gems and…
Does your first ritual after coming back from office involve running to the refrigerator and grabbing a bottle of chilled water to quench your thirst and whisk the exhaustion of the day away? After all, who doesn’t want the cooling relief in this hot and humid Nebraska heat. What if you knew how unhealthy and…
Ask most yogis and they will say that Savasana is either their most favorite yoga post or their most dreaded. For many people, lying still and doing nothing but breathe is an almost impossible task. However, Savasana is quite possibly the most important pose of all. Whether we’re doing a nice, flowy vinyasa, a sweaty,…
If you look at your life as a computer – wouldn’t you want to upgrade your software to become the most optimum operating system? Apple is currently upgrading to the El Capitan OS. PCs are updating their Windows software all the time. Also our phones are updating constantly to get all the bugs out. Sometimes…
“Work Work Work” by Rihanna is the anthem of today’s society. In today’s society, media marketing has less than three seconds to get consumers’ attention and with a plethora of options, we consumers are connected digitally all the time—when we walk, run, drive and fly. Getting the attention of the consumer is one problem, the…
We all know that one person who seems to have it all together. She never seems to be in a rush; she always has time to answer a question or lend an ear; she always has a thousand things to do, but never appears flustered; she makes a decision and runs with it; and even…
It is always a blessing to have a person you have connected with in the past call out of the blue to ask to send an interviewer and photographer your way to share your story. In doing the story I got to meet two amazing people Sarah Wengert and Bill Sitzmann who are gifted in…
Vinyasa is my go-to style of yoga. Vinyasa links breath with movement—inhale/move, exhale/ move—that gradually leads the practitioner to a “peak” pose. When a teacher asks students to “take a vinyasa”, it also means to move through the transitional sequence of plank to chaturanga to upward-facing dog and then downward-facing dog. This transition resets the…
