by Lisa O'Brien | August 3, 2017 | your yum
“You don’t have to go to a mountaintop in the Himalayas to learn meditation,” a friend of mine opined to me just before I left for glorious India. But I’m eternally grateful that I did. I went to India because I wanted to immerse myself into presence. To press...
by Lisa O'Brien | December 1, 2016 | your yum
How would it feel to spend a weekend at a beautiful mountainside resort with a small group of soulful women discovering how to feel good and do good in 2017? At the Aligned and Alive Lifeyum Retreat, step away from the hectic pace of your life and get in touch with...
by Lisa O'Brien | August 22, 2016 | your yum
If you don’t become the ocean, you’ll be sea sick every day. —Leonard Cohen I followed this advice all summer, with delight. Lots of ferry rides and fresh air. Salt water and starry nights. Stained a deck and planted hydrangea. Invited ocean waves to lull...
by Lisa O'Brien | May 19, 2016 | your yum
Here’s how I don’t want to feel: Clogged. Bloated. Stuck in habits. Trapped. Resentful. Despite my education and training in yoga, health, and human being-ness, I sometimes feel those things. I sink into the couch at night with the computer or phone near, if not on my...
by Lisa O'Brien | April 8, 2016 | your yum, yum living, yumkins
I remember as a child complaining to my mother about being bored. Often the response was a directive to do a chore, read a book, or get outside. But on occasion she’d reply with more of a challenge. “Well, then. Why don’t you make your own...
by Lisa O'Brien | March 17, 2016 | your yum
Hello my friends. How amazing would it be to always feel at ease, self-assured and confident when you need it most: Before the speech, the job interview, or the unexpected pitch? Wouldn’t you love to exude authority and kindness instead of frustrated rage in the face...
by Lisa O'Brien | February 23, 2016 | your yum
It’s true. Exercise is better for you when there’s intention behind it. Everything is better when you’re present, but it’s not easy to put that into practice. What’s easy is where our habitual patterns take us: to the left brain. Worry,...
by Lisa O'Brien | December 23, 2015 | your yum
Does your mind race at night, making it hard to fall asleep? Do you want to start a meditation practice, but it seems too hard to fit it in? Want to learn an almost instant calm-inducer? Here’s one of my favorites. It doesn’t require any experience with...
by Lisa O'Brien | November 3, 2015 | your yum
Yoga is a kind of magic. Regardless of why you practice, your body and brain will thank you. For years I was a mainstream fitness kind of gal. My go-to’s: efficient and effective bits of jogging, pilates, weights, the elliptical and rowing machine. It was good...
by Lisa O'Brien | October 16, 2015 | your yum
My friend Jamie Zimmerman died on Monday. There aren’t any beautiful words flowing — just sorrow, gratitude for knowing her, and the gaps between. I met her at Menla Mountain Retreat & Conference Center in 2012 at a gathering called Occupy Wellness. We...