Namaste!

Fall is my favorite season, and always has been.  I love these first days when you know the weather has shifted: the mornings are brisk and evening comes early.  Likewise, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday.  It doesn't require a lot of shopping and fuss.  It's just gathering around your favorite people, enjoying good company (and good food!). 

Over the years, gratitude has become part of my daily practice.  Every visit to the mat, before each meal, and the last thing at night, I pause and take a breath.  No matter how stressful or blissful my day has been, how rushed or tired I might feel, I try to stop. 

There are so many blessings in my life-a spiritual practice that keeps me sane; work that is deeply fulfilling; family and friends who encourage, support and inspire me; the Wee Boo (my dog, Padma), who reminds me daily that all we really do need is love; my health; opportunities to learn and grow... I have come to realize that the more gratitude I cultivate, the more I have to be grateful for!  

At the end of each class I invite you to awaken that sense of gratitude-both for what you have, and what you have to give.  In this month of gratitude- entering this season of abundance, I offer you my deepest gratitude for being a part of blue lotus; your dedication and sense of humor; your willingness, openness and support; for everything that you teach me.  I am grateful...and I wish you the same.