Home at the Top of the Tree

Home at the Top of the Tree

For over a decade, I have been practicing yoga in the different places that I have lived and traveled. Any time I relocated, I would search for a studio or two that I could use to settle back into my practice and find community. In 2017, I moved to Cape Ann and...
A Lesson on Radical Self-Care

A Lesson on Radical Self-Care

I recently learned a tough lesson on self-care. As a yoga teacher, I constantly preached from the front of the class about self-care because I knew in my heart it was true. However, I secretly continued to put myself last again and again. Every time I would talk about...
No Bake Caramel Apple Bars

No Bake Caramel Apple Bars

Ingredients Crust Layer: 1 cup almond flour 1/4 cup organic date nectar, honey, or maple syrup  1/4 cup organic coconut oil 1 tablespoon organic coconut flour 1/8 teaspoon organic vanilla bean powder 1 pinch Himalayan pink salt Filling Layer: 4 small organic apples 1...
Summer Local and Season Recipes

Summer Local and Season Recipes

Now that summer is in full swing, hopefully many of you are taking some time to invest and ingest the abundance of local seasonal produce we have here in Cape Ann. Whether you explore local farmers markets (Gloucester’s at Stage Fort Park on Thursdays from...
Yin Yoga – A Practice of Stillness

Yin Yoga – A Practice of Stillness

There’s a lot of misunderstandings when it comes to what yin yoga is and what its intentions are. I’ve seen it advertised a few times as a “deep stretch” class, when in fact, yin isn’t intended to stretch the big muscles of the body. During this practice you are not...