With social distancing our new normal, I’ve brought Rose Bak Yoga online. Now you can practice with me from anywhere in the world! Offerings include personalized one-on-one lessons, videos and live stream classes. All classes are accessible to anyone including: beginners, people in larger bodies, older adults, people with joint replacements, people who can’t get on the floor, people wanting…
I was student teaching part of a yoga class today (I know! I’m super excited about that too!) and was leading my fellow yogis through some sun salutations. There were some beginners in the class, and I’m also just learning to be a teacher and how to explain poses, so I broke down the flow of poses into segments and…
I’m going to say something that may surprise you: you are perfect just the way you are. Yes, YOU. You are perfect the way you are right now. And so am I. It doesn’t matter if your thighs jiggle or your hair is frizzy or you eat donuts for dinner or you’re cranky until you have coffee or you can’t…
As part of my “I’m 50 Now Self Realization Tour” I expanded my existing yoga practice and made the decision to enroll in Yoga Teacher Training (YTT). Given my introvert tendencies, some people I know were surprised that I was taking YTT — teaching a class seems to be way outside of my normal comfort zone. But as I’m going…
Well after 25 years of worrying it finally happened: I fell in yoga today. Don’t worry, I wasn’t hurt. We were going into an extremely low squat, where your butt is only a few inches above the ground, and the teacher suggested if it felt difficult we should put blocks under us to take some of the weight. As I…
It’s not a secret that most of us go around in a near-constant state of stress. Adulting isn’t what we dreamed it would be when we were kids and we’d cry, “I can’t wait til I grow up and I can do whatever I want.” Ah, the innocence of youth. Constant stress takes a terrible toll on the body. It’s…
“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts.” ~Thích Nhất Hạnh This summer the entire west coast is pretty much on fire. Fire season has been worse every year and those of us who live in this part of the country have spent a lot of time the…
The older I get, the more I hear other women my age judge things in relation to their age. “Am I too old for this?” they ponder. “Oh, no, I’m too old to do that”, they say. “Am I too old to wear this outfit?” “Am I too old to wear my hair this long?” “I’d love to take that…
I’ve always hated pictures of myself. Maybe it’s because I’m shy and introverted. Maybe it’s because of a lifelong dissatisfaction with my size and my looks. Maybe it’s because I’m a vampire….just kidding, I’m not a vampire, everyone knows vampires don’t show up in photos. Anyway, I’m always the person ducking down at events when a photographer comes by, hiding…
(Originally published June 2011) I know I’m not going to be popular for saying this but I’ve got a grudge against JFK. My Grandpa’s rolling in his grave right now since JFK was our first and only Catholic president and therefore was, in Grandpa’s eyes, perfect. But JFK was also responsible for the unique grammar school torture known as the…
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