the inner light life: for the earth- & energy- conscious↟☼☽ — suffering

I haven’t been quite feeling like myself lately, a feeling of being stuck and short bursts of energy and a lot of fatigue which is pretty unusual for me. Winter is when I usually feel alive. But I've realized how stuckness really brings me into the present moment more than anything, focusing on the future and planning and creating for once doesn’t feel good so all I can do is focus living moment to moment.I’ve decided to make stuckness a part of my practice.I have also come to realize every time I go through a phase I feel a lot better after...

November was an interesting month. Busy, full of fun. And full of overwhelm, especially at first. I've been doing a lot of juggling, a lot of creating, a lot of teaching. During the first week of teaching Inner Light Sanctuary classes (plus 5 other yoga classes for other studios and gyms), you can bet that I was spending my Thursday afternoon laying on the couch, mentally and physically exhausted.But the magic happened when something shifted in me after that first week.1.)  << REST >> I gave myself a "Mandee Day" to completely rest and it felt like a vacation, maybe even more relaxing...

I've been doing some work around anger recently, inspired by some reading from Real Change by Sharon Salzberg and Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens.FUN FACT: I get angry! And so do you. Even though many of us don't want to talk about our anger, we all get angry and that makes us human. What I've been learning is that there's so much we can learn from our anger, and when we learn from it, when we own it, when we experience it, we can also create change in ourselves and our world.So much of our anger is wasted energy when we...

"It's time to come home now. It's time to live as a home to yourself. A home that is both sturdy and gentle, both welcoming and safe. Tuck in and rest easy now. You are at home. Becoming home to yourself allows you to become a home to someone else." - Dr. Alexandra SolomonI read this quote this morning and knew right then that this is exactly what I wanted to share today because this has been a recurring theme resurfacing at different times for me throughout this last month.Home.After having an in-depth chat with a friend one afternoon early in...