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09/21/2026

Learning to Zoom Out.

It feels vulnerable to zoom in for a photo, but that’s not what this post is about. It’s about zooming out.

I find that when I feel stressed, overwhelmed...it can be helpful to zoom out. I don’t know about you, but I can get stuck in the details of life, and getting stuck there usually leads to more anxiety, worry, overwhelm. But zooming out shifts the perspective. Zooming out tells the bigger story, the greater trajectory. Within that bigger story, the ups, downs, and transitions of life seem to make more sense. And maybe even greater meaning can be found from that perspective.

It’s similar to the way we practice a yoga pose. In Trikonasana, we first dial into the details of how we ground the feet. We bring our attention to the pelvis, then the spine. The details of any given pose are endless. But at some point, we zoom out and feel the entire body in the pose. And we see that we have this ability to direct our attention in very focused and in very big ways.

What do you think? Does zooming out help in everyday day life? How about on the mat? 🙏💖✨

09/16/2026

The recent article in The Atlantic about yoga addresses what I’ve been seeing and sensing for the past several years. It’s equal parts comforting and disheartening to know that this is happening nation-wide and not just where I live. Market forces, over-saturation, and competition to name a few have changed the yoga world in the United States. But this doesn’t mean that yoga is dying or going away. It’s possible that the way we practice yoga is changing and that maybe yoga as an industry is going through a much-needed reckoning, or reset. Fitness trends come and go, but yoga is much more than fitness, and it certainly isn’t a fad. Curious of other takes on this shift happening in real time?

09/15/2026

There’s something about Autumn that brings transitions and impermanence into focus.
Change is often so gradual that it deludes us into thinking we are holding steady, staying the same.
But the shifting temperatures, waning light, changing leaves, the approaching close of another year makes impermanence impossible to ignore.
It demands reckoning.
For me, and I think many of us, there’s a nostalgia that accompanies Fall.
There’s a sense that summer, and perhaps time itself, is slipping too quickly away.
When I feel that, my first reaction is to hang on.
But summer and time are slippery and don’t respond well to grasping.
And so our only choice is to exhale and accept the invitation.
The invitation to release and receive.
To remember that there is a cost to hanging on.
To remember that all great things in the past were preceded by times of uncertainty,
times that asked us to let go and not know.
What are you releasing this Fall? 🍁

08/31/2026

“Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen

Another week in a beloved place. A revelatory place. A place that doesn’t change me but uncovers something that has been there all along. That which is hiding in plain sight, but is forgotten in the daily hustle and bustle.

What a blessing to retreat to the Feathered Pipe 🪶✨🙏🫎 Thank you Lauren Lewis Yoga for a wonderful week in a sacred place that holds us each time we’re fortunate enough to land💛✨

08/06/2026

Presence is hard to find. Maybe it’s easier to rehash the past and fret about the future. It oftens feels that way to me. Distraction is easy, being here... not so much. But really, the current moment is all we have. And all previous moments have led us here, to this one right now. So when we think about all the twists, turns, detours, and missteps it took to bring us right here and now, it’s kind of a miracle... to be here, right now. And the only way we get better at being present is to practice presence.

Not saying it’s easy, in fact, it’s really hard. Especially in a world of constant distractions and bids for our attention. But in a world of distraction, doesn’t that make the practice of presence even more important? What helps you find presence with the here and now?

Original audio includes the beautiful birdsong of Feathered Pipe 💖💛✨

meditation

07/29/2026

Today is the day we honor our teachers, guides, and mentors of all kinds. A guru is one who dispels the darkness. This day of Guru Pūrṇimā reminds us that we must be willing to learn in order to gain knowledge that will then become more refined and integrated through the process of inquiry and eventually turn into wisdom. This day reminds us that we remain in the seat of the student and always need teachers who are further along the path. And learning doesn’t happen in a vacuum, it happens because we have teachers and we are willing students. And that beautiful ongoing chain of teachers and students connects us to a deep lineage and history of seekers. What a poignant reminder that we are never alone on this path. 💛 It’s only through the generosity of my many teachers that I have anything to offer as a student and teacher. Happy Guru Pūrṇimā 🙏💫

07/27/2026

Original audio on this one — because the bird song and stillness of Montana is unparalleled magic💫 Thank you Nat Kendall for starting our days with these beautifully simple sun salutations that are full body prayers. Thank you Feathered Pipe for creating and holding space for such reverence 💛🙏

07/25/2026

Sometimes, a week in the woods of Montana is all you need💛☀️💫 Big love and thanks to Feathered Pipe for doing what you always do, to Nat Kendall for being a fantastic and gifted retreat leader, and to everyone in this terrific group. What a gift🙏💛💫

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