Fall Yoga, Meditation & Journal Retreat

Unchanged: Unchanged: move Unchanged:Restore your mind and body as Tom and Tina lead you through daily yoga and mindful movement designed to both inspire and calm the senses. Coming home to your body through guided movement and awareness is a powerful and healing act of self-love. Taking this time to move inward to reconnect your […]

Goodbye 2020

Maybe it’s because I’ve been in the fitness industry for 40 years, or maybe because I’ve been on the planet over sixty, but I’m not keen on New Year’s Resolutions. Wanting to be a better partner, parent, co-worker, or steward of world peace is admirable, but why wait until January 1st to begin? Perhaps this […]

Nine Mindful Eating tips for the Holidays

“Mindful eating is deliberately paying full attention to what you are eating or drinking, without criticism or judgment.” Jan Chozen Bays Mindful eating isn’t about making a list of rules. It is not about judging ourselves for what we consume, nor is it about following a certain ‘healthy’ diet. Instead, consider these simple tips for […]

WILD IN MONTANA WOMEN’S RETREAT – SUMMER 2021

August 20-25, 2021The B Bar Ranch,  Gardiner, Montana Escape to the rugged beauty and solitude of the Montana wilderness to reclaim your inner strength and calm. Just minutes away from Yellowstone National Park, the magnificent B Bar Ranch is the perfect spot for wild repose, restoration, and reflection. We’ve reserved the entire ranch. On this […]

Back from Belize

“For though we stubbornly cling, believing in our moment of hunger that there is no other possibility of love, we only have to let go of what we want so badly and our life will unfold. For love is everywhere.”   ― Mark Nepo, The Book of Awakening

Why Donald Trump is my Spiritual Teacher

At this stage of my life, I’m looking inward more.  When I was younger, I was focused on raising a family, building a business, managing relationships.  Now I am less interested in the busy-ness of the life and more focused on quieting the noise and distractions. Mostly I just want to be peaceful. It’s not […]

Why Eating Clean Isn’t Enough Anymore

I’ve been in the health and fitness industry for nearly forty years which either means I am very old or very wise; (I am very old.) During that time I have survived the low fat, high carb craze, the long slow distance theory of fat loss, and countless wasted hours planted on a spin bike, […]

One Soul. One Source.

I’m guilty. Maybe you are, too. When someone we care about is having trouble, we want to help them, intercede, solve their problem.  This presents itself in many ways- rescuing, enabling, justifying, or appeasing them.  Alternatively, it may be distancing, judging them, and becoming impatient. Either way, we forget one fundamental truth: each of us […]

Look to your right

As I’ve gotten older, perhaps because I feel time differently, perhaps because overall I fear less, I like putting myself in situations that scare me… in a good way. Recently a few of my Pilates 1901 team and I went climbing at the nearby ROKC climbing gym in North Kansas City. While we were excited […]