The Phoenix is an absolutely brilliant bird. A firebird of scarlet, gold and blue. A representation of rebirth and change; inner transformation. Yet it is unlikely you have ever see one of these birds since the Phoenix is a bird of myth, a life-cycle of 500-1000 years after which it builds itself a nest, ignites,…
Tonight I went for a run. While I don’t consider myself a runner anymore I love to get out from time to time. I don’t plan ahead or have a set amount of time or miles to cover. It comes as answer to something my body wants. It was a beautiful evening. The sun shining…
When I started researching blogs and writing one of the first things I saw was never to post “it has been awhile since my last post.” That being said… It has been awhile since my last post. I look in the mirror and I’m not sure I quite recognize who I see anymore, not so…
Last fall I wrote about my experiences in going off of Effexor XR after being on the medication for over 10-years. I never spoke much to the other, but more concerning drug, that I have been taking since March of last year. Adderall. When I entered eating disorder treatment in 2009 it was suspected that…
Yesterday I drove down to Cincinnati to have my first professional Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy session with a current practitioner. As part of our training we are required to go through the work ourselves which is really the best way to understand what the PRYT modality is. My session was with Renee Groenemann, one of…
It is official. I have bloggers block. Ever since I returned home I have been going though a lot of internal change and it has been hard to decide what I want to blog publicly about versus keep to myself, after all I’m not a completely open book. I’ve had a lot going on externally…
Last weekend this picture a la Origin Magazine found itself winding its way through the pages of the internet. My immediate reaction was “Yes, get the word out!” but as I took a pause and read the flurry of activity surrounding it I realized that this montage suggests that “real woman” can’t be skinny, something…
Somewhere between Columbus and Vermont I lost my script. Maybe I left it at the airport in Washington, Burlington, Cleveland, or perhaps it floated out the window as I flew above the snow-capped mountains and sunset lit skies. Whatever the case I lost it and I don’t want it back. I’ve forgotten my lines and…
So much has happened since I last left you with my journey into Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. While my initial intent was to blog throughout my time in Bristol, Vermont I quickly found that writing publicly about my experience was proving to be quite difficult. It was a jarring transition from the training environment to…
Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23% less. PLUS Model Magazine came out this week with a powerful pictorial in which it claims that most runway models meet the BMI criteria for anorexia, which is considered to be under 17.5. The pictures show a…
