This year, I’m celebrating World Breastfeeding Week by sharing my reflection on lessons learned from my first year of breastfeeding.

What’s the best way to practice yoga with a baby? The answer may surprise you.

On the surface, there is so much beauty in motherhood: tiny socks, pearl overall buttons, single-tooth smiles, and curious eyes that examine wildflowers for the first time. And yet, being a parent feels like I’ve been severed from my elbow or kneecap or some other body part I rarely thought of before. Every day, I watch my severed elbow flail about, interacting with a world it’s not meant to inhabit alone. How do I exist without my elbow, and how does my elbow exist without m

Nothing could have prepared for me the way I would feel after having a baby. Pregnancy was supposed to be my era of growth and transformation – and in many ways, it was. I spent exactly 40 weeks forewarned by all my apps, books, and prenatal yoga classes on how to grow a beautiful little being. But then what happens after giving birth? Do we go on to become angels and butterflies? Do we suddenly live happily ever after? No one tells you that the story lingers on long after th

“What is restorative yoga? It could also be called glorified napping,” one of the lead instructors explained during my first yoga teacher training. His definition was my introduction to this modality of yoga. However, with experience I have learned there is one key difference between restorative yoga and napping: In restorative yoga, you don’t fall asleep. Or more accurately, the intention is not to sleep in restorative yoga. The theory is sleeping is a process of doing, wher

They say taking your baby to the ER is a rite of passage for first-time parents...

The story of Eira's urgent surgery to remove congenital cataracts.

A little bit of wisdom and a lot of unanswered questions from my first six weeks of motherhood.

This is the unabridged, uncensored story of Eira's birth.

A walk down the street will no longer be a linear trajectory down a lonely path; it will be a meandering journey for two through the snow-ca