Author: Debie Lee, E-RYT500, Wellness Educator, Dharma Teacher, Holistic Farmer

(photography by Debie HanLee) I am a yoga teacher, mindfulness teacher, art teacher, photographer and master gardener. I teach all age 2-102+ in all community. I have the training & years of experience to work with all abilities. I have gained much experience while working (18+ years) with elementary, middle school age, and teens in…

As I feel the sadness of my breakup… here are some tips to help others during this journey…. Tips on dealing with the brain chemistry of being rejected Maybe there is something in the air– a lot of people around me have been struggling with relationship anxiety lately… including me.  Me, in particular… I am trying to recover from…

Top meditation experts debunk the main reasons we give ourselves for not meditating. Read their inspiring advice and get over obstacles (including yourself). Top meditation experts debunk the most common excuses we make for not meditating. Read their inspiring advice and get over obstacles (including yourself). 1. “I don’t have time, and I don’t know how.” Wisdom: Even…

 Setting goals helps you climb higher. Take it from an entrepreneurial yogi: Setting goals helps you climb higher. These six tips will get you where you want to be in life. Chip Wilson imagines what he’ll remember two minutes before his death: He’ll see himself sitting at the head of a dinner table filled with…

Create your meditation space: Make it private You need a place that feels secure. Set up a folding screen or, if your space has a door, close it and let your household know you’re not to be disturbed. Turn off your phone. Make it beautiful. The more beautiful it is, the more you’ll want to…

Learn how to silence the noise of your everyday life. Feeling frazzled? Use these tips to start to silence the noise of your everyday life and find more quiet time. The noise starts with your morning alarm and goes from there—ringing phones, traffic noise, construction clamor. By the end of the day, you’re longing for…

Instead of trying to force new habits, try these yogi tips and see if the process becomes a little more fun. Remember back in January, when you vowed to kick coffee, give up white flour, or meditate daily? How’s it going? When we fall short on fulfilling the promises we make to ourselves, it can…

“Intention serves to inspire and focus you mentally and spiritually. Goals, on the other hand, help you apply the right physical effort to the task at hand,” writes Sage Rountree. Do you have an intention and goals for your practice? Intention and goals are different. Intention includes your motivation for the practice: the attitude you…

I had to share this article due to my experience as a yoga teacher and listening to other yoga teachers’ language as they go into their dialog while teaching and practicing. The words they use sometimes makes me wonder what their students are thinking about their instructor’s language while on their mats. I, myself ‘may’…

My Mindfulness Training wk3   For decades, Dalia Isicoff has suffered the agony of rheumatoid arthritis­­joint pain, spinal fusion, multiple hip surgeries. Painkillers dull the aches, but it wasn’t until she took a course at the University of Maryland’s Center for Integrative Medicine that Isicoff discovered a powerful weapon inside her own body: her mind.…

Speaking of new ideas… Have you been thinking about bringing yoga to your classroom but feeling overwhelmed and unsure where or how to start? We all know how beneficial yoga is for kids. It helps create calm, focus, decreases stress and anxiety, increases healthy adult-child interactions, and promotes strength and flexibility. These are all benefits…

We all have those moments- when it seems that everything that could go wrong is going wrong? It’s in moments like that when the phrase ‘when it rains it pours’ really rings true. And being able to shake it off and figure it out seems a lot easier said than done, right? Don’t worry- I’ve…

There’s a funny thing that happens when you awaken to new ideas about yourself — when you stand on the precipice of a spiritual and personal up-leveling — what was, often no longer fits. It can be hard to know where to begin to make a change that feels meaningful, especially when it comes to…

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