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2026 Almanac. Watershed. 2.18-3.20. Seasonal Guide for pausing, planting, and practicing.

Winter offers time to reflect for deep rooted transformation.

Rise & Shine ya lovely people! Mama Rish coming atcha from The Loft in Missouri. This episode is about our :|: Shine :|: Yoga Practice at...

Starting fresh cuz today is my birthday! As the journey does, it has led me right back to where I started. So, I can begin again. This...

As always it was a good time playing with friends. Learnin stuff. Moni showed us how she makes her glorious lip balm. I keep one in my nightstand drawer. I love it so much. Moni, is a herbal enthusiast who grows a functional herbal and botanical garden. Her recipes are from scratch. Like she is a real one, infusing oils made from herbs or flowers in her garden. So, yeah a legit garden to kitchen makes her recipes superb. Join us sometime for a playshop. Mama Rish's Kitchen s

Reflections on Becoming Resilient Class.

It’s Valentine’s Day, and Risha greets us all at the door with a cup of warm cacao. As I whip off my socks and head to my mat, she pulls...

I stumble into class three minutes late and smelling ever so slightly of timothy hay. I'm coming straight from herding alpacas around all...

Green goodness = green goodness. Starting a garden? "Why should I compost" usually comes up as a question. In the Spring I have many...

For those of you who are hurting and have no voice, we see you and hear your pain.

Christianity and Yoga can be compliments to one another. While personally respecting the teachings of Christ as someone who practices yoga, I would hope to shed light on my experience. Yoga has kept me in my body when I was in some very dark places. You see, Yoga is definitely NOT religion, rather it can be seen as philosophy. While this differentiation could be confusing, I would like to simply state philosophy can be viewed as the rational investigation of truth. So, for

"My head is round so my thoughts can fly is all directions." -Risha Hoffman, Keith Allen, Francis Picabia (worded more eloquent) and...

It isn't as simple as they told me. How can I be expected to change what I have built my life on? If I change any one belief that I have...

"Those who go out weeping, carrying seed to sow, will return with songs of joy, carrying sheaves with them." Psalm 126:6 If I had...

What if fighting for our beliefs. Looks more like surrendering. Though that’s the hardest thing. What if standing up for what’s right....

Intrinsic : [in-trin-sik] adjective : belonging to a thing by its very nature: relating to the essential qualities or features of something

"The greatest crime in the desert is to find water and keep silent." -Ancient Arab proverb The same story told over and over again can...

Culturally, I was raised that appearance is extremely important. Performance was equivocal to being accepted and loved. Feeling a...

Hmmm, wonder what the world is up to? So, I sit down, open my Mac (that may have been a plug-you decide) and start scrolling on FB....

I reached for the key to undo hell's shackle. An old story of a God residing in a tabernacle. In this dark I laid bare in the cold...