I don’t have words for the tears and screaming match that followed, once we had left the station, gotten into my car, and arrived back at the rehab center to collect his belongings. A counselor came out and helped to de-escalate the situation a bit for the moment. I could barely see the road through my tears as I drove him back to my Dad’s condo. My brother had fallen asleep in the passenger seat, so it was just me, my tears, and a new (yet, somewhat familiar) form of grief.

Over time, I began to realize that “being the change” is about who you are being….to yourself, within yourself, when no one is watching, when there’s no expectation on the outcome.

I’ve found that the physical yoga practice (Asana) is one awesome tool for looking into this - of course there are others and I’d love to hear which tools might be helping you in a similar way:

When you’re in a pose and the teacher says to lift a certain limb…

To be honest, I don’t think understanding what it is and how it can benefit one’s life is even possible without taking a first step to have a reading and see one’s chart. I’ve found that this is what allows the unfolding of the layers of understanding, which has been exciting to experience for myself, and to watch my clients experience as they embark on the journey of discovering and implementing their own Human Design principles.

Knowing your design can be the difference between…

For 13 years, I had been teaching yoga and related modalities, such as meditation, visualization, mindset, and more. Over the last many months, I have been receiving signs that it was time for me to release the title of yoga teacher. The signs became stronger and clearer that it was time to move into whatever was next for me. Well, in the few years prior to this, I had naturally shifted my focus to the Coaching world, Human Design, and some other modalities that I had been exploring and learning about for some time. But this was scary.

But deep inside my soul, I know that those thoughts are just residue from decades of criticism for showing up, voicing my opinion (or anything at all) within certain parts of my family (and past lifetimes of being silenced in various ways as well).

During this time, I was re-experiencing so many parts from, really, my entire life, where I didn't have choice in the past. And then I technically had the choice, but didn't feel like I did for fear of letting certain family members down. And then, after a ton of turmoil, I had this amazing realization. You ready for it? I actually did...I do...have choice. I had to make a hard choice. And the steps to following through with that choice were fucking brutal. And all along the way, I heard a voice that told me "don't back down".

BUT, the healing process isn't done :-D. Oh that can take awhile, but it's all good because once that decision to simply no longer be available for that old situation has been made within you, and it can happen in an instant, you're free and the healing begins. Now, let me be clear,

And that process isn't always rainbows, hummingbirds, beloved neighboring cats, magical wildlife sightings (that will make more sense if you've been following my IG journey) but it is all interspersed with them. Plus, on the other side, it's always better than I imagined, in often very surprising ways.

Who you are in this world, in this incarnation, through this human experience is nothing short of incredible. Yes, you. I promise you. You are important. You matter. You are special and you have important purpose. That purpose can look and feel like an infinite number of things. You're right on time, right on track.

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Emily Masnoon. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

As a child, I had a sibling that really struggled (quite an understatement, but I've learned to use real and compassionate wording, not emotionally charged, resentful wording as I've worked on my own healing). This "struggle" lasted for around 25 years or so, which means it was MY struggle during all of my formative years, especially as a true empath and as someone who is very energetically open.

A few months ago, I shared a blog post I had written about a bunch of silver linings I was able to enjoy this past year. Naturally, there are two sides to every coin, two opposite ends to any whole. And there's a bunch of stuff in the middle.

The year of 2020 - what an interesting year. It was a year that most of us didn’t see coming, that felt filled to the brim with twists, turns, challenges, and….many, many new and exciting silver linings as a result.

I was once talking to a friend of mine who was pregnant and we were chatting, in passing, about how things are going and what's important to her for the birth of her baby. She started to tell me what her vision was, prefacing it with "I don't want to be one of those annoying moms who knows exactly what she wants, but..." ⁠

I’ve been working on making and keeping commitments to myself. One of those commitments is taking a walk every day.

I got to lead one of my private yoga client moms through basically an hour of calming her central nervous system the other day.

Today Timmie is 3 months old, marking the end of the fourth trimester. The fourth trimester is a critical time for mothers (just like the first three are), but, as Dr. Iona Goldfarb wrote, it is often “swept aside,” in favor of focus by medical providers (and, let’s face it, everyone else) almost solely on the baby.