You get what you need. (Aka, How to press the pause button in a sensory tsunami)

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...

Do you want a more joyful and soulful 2017? My retreat is now OPEN!

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...

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...