As both a yoga teacher and HR professional specializing in total rewards, I’ve spent years navigating two seemingly different worlds: one rooted in inner awareness and ancient philosophy, the other in compensation metrics, labor market trends, and fiscal responsibility. But over time, I’ve found they are not mutually exclusive. In fact, yoga philosophy offers a […]
Let’s talk about bridging the gap between corporate structure and human experience. How can organizations become more mindful, compassionate, and have sustainable people practices, without sacrificing productivity or results? Individually, we are unlikely to affect the corporate machine. Individually however, we can show up for ourselves in a way that can create ripple effects to those around us. For […]
In high-pressure HR environments, it’s easy to mistake activity for progress. We rely on things like reorgs, systems, and meetings to solve problems, but often they only mask what’s brewing beneath. Stillness isn’t laziness; it’s diagnostic. I think, based on my own observations, that corporate America views busyness as a badge of honor. Our calendars […]
I recently attended the Yoga & Neuroscience Conference in Jersey City. I’m walking away with so many ideas. Behind my eyes and inside my brain, neurons are firing, creating explosions of thought, feeling, and sensation. I’m a yoga teacher on a part-time basis and my main job is working in Human Resources, specializing in Compensation, […]
The Yoga MBA is a workshop series I put together years ago. I come back to it from time to time, jotting down notes to improve upon it. It may be time to bring it back up, dust it off, and look into offering it at local (or not so local) studios! Yoga teachers, this […]
In late October, I spent about a week on a retreat with Stephanie Schroeder of Creative Nature. She’s the owner and visionary behind the business, and also a dear friend. Her goal is to offer curated experiences that bring you back to yourself. Her perspective, (and I agree!) is that by bringing you back into […]
It has been a while since I have taught a yoga class. Today is November 3, 2024. The last yoga class I taught was mid-July. I actively taught yoga with only brief pauses from May 2017 until July 2024. I am hoping to start teaching again at the studio I’ve been attending, since our move […]
Some examples of the questions I get from students in my yoga classes are: To start, consider imposter syndrome. This is a common occurrence in many professionals. I’ve been there many times over my career, in my roles as a yoga teacher and also as an HR professional. Yoga Sutra 2.33 offers that awareness of […]
Something that I often come to in my thoughts is what my yoga practice looks like after practicing more than eleven years and being a yoga teacher for more than seven years. There is something of a false narrative in the first part of that sentence. “…what my yoga practice looks like…” Yoga is not […]
It has been a long time since I have posted. Over three years in fact. I let life get the best of me. I was working in high stress environments and also managing a teaching schedule, all while trying to live a life worth living. I honestly had no bandwidth for posting to my website. […]