My new year’s wish for you

by Lisa O'Brien | December 29, 2016 | yum living

Dear ones, As I prepared for the holidays this year, I found myself wondering how it was possible another year had passed. For our family, the year included many joyous occasions and celebrations, but just as many moments of chaos and quibbles. The kids are coming...

Flash Giveaway! Join me at a feel good, do good yoga weekend in VT

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...

Yoga, Robert Sturman and Being Seen

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...

Make Your Own Fun: A Weekend Reminder

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...

Double the benefit for your brain, body, and heart

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,...