I have been in a holding pattern with my newsletter. I have felt more sadness lately. Not just about my personal life but the state of the world. At the same time I am in love with my life and respect the necessary shifts that are happening in the world.

It’s that time of year which we all spend a moment of pause to reflect on the year ended, lived and the year we have yet to live.

Sitting down to write the last newsletter of the year has been a challenge. I have wanted and needed more time for reflection and inward pauses.

We’ve been getting together once a week lately and sharing so much that I had a crazy idea to start recording our morning breakfast chats and share them with my Yoga community.

September was like a collective sigh as many of us were being asked to let some things go.

Many years ago as I was working on my degree in psychology at UCLA, I felt disheartened by the amount of self-loathing I carried with me. I knew so much about how to change my thoughts, yet the feelings of low self-worth were incessantly standing guard to block real happiness.

The Mia Minute is a concept that I created as a yoga teacher and life coach for people to come together and learn how to work with energy. Many of us have not been given these tools.

None of us were given a road map on how to navigate this life and some of the maps that were handed down are like the old Thomas Guide, no longer relevant and outdated! If we want to feel free to live our best life, what needs to be FREED from an old story?

May has been off to a busy start. I recently returned from my retreat in the Dordogne region of Southern France. It is breathtakingly beautiful there and the villages, castles, countryside are a source of inspiration.

We might all be short on time, but developing self awareness can be as simple as taking a minute to look inward and notice your processes and patterns.

The Mia Minute is a place for students, clients and myself to come together and learn how to work with energy. Many of us have not been given these tools, and while we may have a very committed asana or meditation practice, often when we are triggered and emotions bubble to the surface, we simply don't know how exactly to process and release them.

February is the month we think of love, whether we like it or not. There are heart shaped boxes of candy, ads to remind us of the love or lack of love we have in life.

The holidays took me on some inner and outer adventures and I had to skip the December newsletter. I definitely felt the need to go inward for another layer of metamorphosis.

I have landed in the UK, but it’s taking me some time to feel at ease in this new land. Change as much as I seek it, can be the catalyst for change in places that were dormant and undiscovered.

The Processing Playground is a place I created as a yoga teacher and life coach for my students, clients, myself and you, to come together and learn how to work with energy. Many of us have not been given these tools.

As I settle into my new life, there are moments I yearn for the old. When it passes I remember that the fear is temporary, and the love is why I am here.

The heat is on! Summertime magnifies the intensity of all the shifts we are experiencing. When we go through shifts in our personal lives, it helps us look at things that we have outgrown and no longer need to hold on to. It’s a potent time to declutter and make space for the self.

The Processing Playground is a place I created as a yoga teacher and life coach for my students, clients, myself and you, to come together and learn how to work with energy. Many of us have not been given these tools.

How is your summer unfolding? Many of us want to live in the light and feel good, while that’s understandable it can also create an attachment to happy.

Next may, in the Southwest of France, I’ll be hosting a Yoga retreat in collaboration with The Travel Yogi and I want you to come! This 2019 retreat will run from May 11-18 and is suitable for all levels of Yoga.