Last week I shared a blog post about food & body shame: why you don’t need permission to eat pie (and all of the things). A few weeks prior, I wrote a compelling case for eating Halloween candy. If you haven’t noticed, I tend to be a bit of a rebel in my line of…
You do NOT have to do ANYTHING to earn the right to eat pumpkin pie. That’s right. The holidays are upon us, and it’s about time somebody said it. There is nothing morally wrong with you if you decide to have seconds of mashed potatoes with more than 1.5 tablespoons of gravy. You aren’t “being…
True story: the other night, I got super upset with my husband. He had shared something to Facebook that I felt went against everything that I believe in. Before I even watched this video, I had decided that it was, without a doubt, super diet-culture-y, body-shaming, and just plain wrong. “WTF IS THIS? “, I…
I spent my entire weekend at a dance competition/convention with my students. It’s always really draining because SO. MANY. CHILDREN. Hormonal teenagers, too. The things they have in common: All are sweaty and tired/wired. All claim that they love to dance. And whenever I observe one of these events I’m always interested to see how…
Last week I got an email from a fitness organization that I follow titled “5 Tips For Surviving the Terror of Halloween Candy”. Really now? The TERROR of Halloween candy? I can think of plenty of things that are terrifying this time of year. Like actual ghosts. (I totally believe in them) Or creepy clowns….
About a year ago I had a big realization while at the gym. I remember that day so clearly. I made a couple of notes in my phone about how I was progressing on my pull-ups (still hard AF but getting better). Then I played around with some new kettlebell skills I learned from one of…
At one of the yoga studios I teach at, I was asked to take part in a series of yoga classes themed around self-love. I wasn’t surprised that my manager asked me to teach one of the classes, because she knows that encouraging others to feel more comfortable in their own skin is kind of…
Our clothes can make us feel all the feels when it comes to our body image. I actually cried on my bedroom floor once, when I came to the realization that my once-favorite white shorts didn’t zip up all the way anymore. I even bought my bridesmaid dress for my sister’s wedding a size too…
About a week ago I decided to sell my heart rate monitor watch on eBay. I’ve actually been really into selling my stuff lately for two reasons: 1. August is usually a real slow month for dance teachers and I’ve been pretty broke. 2. I have never liked clutter and love the feeling of getting rid…
In a few of my previous blog posts, I’ve mentioned the idea of Ahimsa, or nonviolence, and how it’s really been a game changer for me in terms of beating some of my self-destructive habits. Ahimsa is the first of the Yamas (essentially ethical guidelines) that make up make up the first limb of the…