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Tara Lemerise
Oct 29, 20192 min read
Maybe we should just let the monsters in?
Seems a likely time to talk about monsters on the day after Halloween but it was actually something else that inspired this month’s...
Tara Lemerise
Sep 29, 20192 min read
Where is your harbor?
This past weekend, I had the great privilege of spending a few hours learning from a brilliant teacher named Sam Rice. Her workshop was...
Tara Lemerise
Aug 27, 20192 min read
The Side Show
Many years ago, I heard this piece on NPR about how multitasking is a delusion. We think we are doing more than thing at once but what’s...
Tara Lemerise
Jun 15, 20192 min read
Practice Makes Perfect?
On Sunday I’m going to do something that I haven’t done in a long time. And I’m nervous about it. I’m playing in a piano recital. In...
Tara Lemerise
Mar 4, 20192 min read
Look Before You Leap. Or Not.
A few days ago, I took a yoga class that felt like the Wild West of yoga. Folks were doing random headstands and handstands, crow poses...
Tara Lemerise
Dec 31, 20182 min read
The Right Way to Yoga
Have you ever seen the movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”? Definitely not a cinematic masterpiece but a chuckle worthy early 2000’s...
Tara Lemerise
Aug 31, 20183 min read
The Right Stuff for Non-Attachment
One of my kids’ favorite book characters is Chico Bon Bon from the “Monkey with A Tool Belt” series by Chris Monroe. Do you know these...
Tara Lemerise
Jun 29, 20182 min read
Inquire Within
Have you ever watched a sculptor working? Even if you haven’t, you can imagine. It’s totally mesmerizing. She is there working at a solid...
Tara Lemerise
May 1, 20183 min read
Step 1: Notice, Acknowledge, Allow (Or Is That 3 Steps?)
Just a few days ago I was cooking in the kitchen and I heard a kid fight brewing in the living room. It started off with a snippy remark....
Tara Lemerise
Mar 30, 20182 min read
Of Yoga and Chocolate
A friend of mine recently took a trip to stay at an Ayurvedic center in hopes of addressing some chronic health problems. She was on a...
Tara Lemerise
Feb 26, 20183 min read
Precisely Imperfect
I like going to yoga classes where no one knows me. Too often I’m in a class where students know I’m a yoga teacher and I feel pressure...
Tara Lemerise
Oct 31, 20172 min read
Time is on Our Side
I’ve just returned from a retreat at one of my favorite places on the planet: Blue Mountain Retreat Center. There’s a funny thing that...
Tara Lemerise
Oct 1, 20172 min read
From Fullness, Fullness Comes
This weekend I pulled out the sweatshirts and flannels with great delight that the cooler weather has finally arrived. I put some...
Tara Lemerise
Aug 31, 20172 min read
On the Matter of Being in and Out of a Body
Not too long ago, one of my students had what she described as an “out-of-body experience” in a restorative yoga practice. It reminded me...
Tara Lemerise
Aug 1, 20172 min read
Making Space for Contentment
I’ve just returned from leading a 4-day summer retreat that was all about cultivating contentment. Santosha (sometimes spelled samtosha...
Tara Lemerise
Jun 30, 20173 min read
Who Has Time and Energy for This?
A few years ago I thought I wanted to go back to school to be an Occupational Therapist. I knew I was going to have to take a bunch of...
Tara Lemerise
May 28, 20172 min read
Focus, Fire and Letting Go
Not too long ago, Will came inside from playing in the back yard and asked me if I knew where he could find a magnifying glass. We ended...
Tara Lemerise
Mar 31, 20172 min read
Snakes in the Grass
Not long ago a whole group of kids were playing after school in the neighborhood park. All of sudden, two kids came tearing out of the...
Tara Lemerise
Feb 28, 20172 min read
Green Cup Moments: A Lesson in Attraction and Aversion
Not too long ago, Sadie, my 3-year old asked me for a drink. When I gave her the cup, she threw the most epic tantrum to ever be thrown....
Tara Lemerise
Feb 1, 20173 min read
Where is the Love?
During recovery from surgery, a student of mine asked her doctor when she would be able to return to her asana practice, adding, “I love...
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