The video below was part of an WGBH special featuring Yoga and included a segment from my class series offered at the Mattapan Public Library.

The Green Bottle is a useful model to help you gauge your financial means. It is described in great detail in this site, and captured in the graphic below.

The healing practice of yoga is over 2000 years old. It is not a service to be sold, rather a practice to be shared. I believe everyone – all ages, body types, (dis)abilities, gender identities, racial identities, and backgrounds – deserves access to yoga. I endeavor to share yoga with …

Yoga Training Accessible Yoga Training, Astoria, New York City, NY March 2025 Creating accessible yoga classes that honor and celebrate people of all ages, sizes, and abilities, 40 hours Jivana Heyman, Instructor Dr Fishman’s Method: Yoga vs Osteoporosis and Scoliosis March 2023 Series 1 with Scoliosis session, 20 hours Dr. …

It has been many months since I put fingers to keyboard with the goal of sharing my reflections in this space. I have been quiet. Truth is, by nature, I am quiet. I am an introvert. Perhaps, this is one of the factors that set me off on my yoga …

Thirty years. In this month of May, I celebrate 30 years of motherhood. (And, my oldest daughter, Kara celebrates her 30th birthday. Happy Birthday, Kara Joy!) What a ride! What a journey! Who knew? Well, perhaps Graham Nash knew when, nearly 50 years ago, he shared sage wisdom, for both …

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi “What does this penny filled paper weight have to do with volunteering?” you ask. If you look very closely, perhaps you can make out the year on the pennies: 1974. I was …

Here in New England we are accustomed to rapid changes in weather patterns.  As the saying goes, if you don’t like the weather, wait 5 minutes. This year was no exception. After the mildest February on record, March came in like a lion, delivering one nor’easter after another for 4 …

From the time I was a child, the library has been there for me. A place to which I could escape, where I could read, focus, study, work – and most recently, practice yoga. In my elementary school years, I regularly walked to the library in my Connecticut hometown. During …

It’s a story as old as time. Sexual harassment, molestation, assault, rape. The media has been saturated with this news of late, with nearly daily revelations by women (and men) who have come forward and broken the silence. I applaud and thank these individuals. Yet, for every woman who has …