We’ve all been conditioned to ask the same question about the game: Did you win? But maybe that’s the wrong question. Life isn’t about winning or losing.

I never expected to be back in this part of the world, living full-time, but I have to admit, we have really been embracing it.

Soft parenting isn’t about being softer on our kids. It’s about becoming less rigid in ourselves. It’s probably best if we don’t have another parenting label or trend, but we learn from the past and our own selves and always aim to be better.

Nothing beats that in-person yoga class feeling. For me, the experience starts way before the first breath together. When folks walk in, when everyone catches up, enjoys taking the time to take care of themselves, and has that knowing that the choice to practice is going to have results that last way beyond the time together. Goodness usually includes, but is not limited to, stress reduction, mental clarity, physical harmony, balancing of strength and mobility, increased intuition, improved confidence, inner peace, and probably loads more. I appreciate any time I get to lead an in-person group, and I also understand it’s a special experience that most of us don’t get to have every day, or even regularly.

Use the code SUMMER26 for 50% off an Annual Membership.Use the code SOFTEN26 for 50% off our Online Intensives, including my favorites: The Art of Sequencing, 100+ Hour Shiatsu, 30+ Hour Healing and Teaching Support for Trauma, and more.

When I started leading yoga in the early 2000s, playing music in class, other than classical Indian music or the acceptable modern version, Krishna Das, who I adore, was not a thing.

This week was extra packed with the County Fair, calls and meetings for my book, caring for Mom, and everything else. I'm guessing you are busy too, so I wanted to extend our 50% off summer Strala sale another week through Sunday August 16. This gives me a chance to remind everyone, and gives you a chance to take advantage of signing up for whatever pulls you.

Use the code SUMMER26 for 50% off an Annual Membership.

Use the code SOFTEN26 for 50% off our Online Intensives, including my favorites: The Art of Sequencing, 100+ Hour Shiatsu, 30+ Hour Healing and Teaching Support for Trauma, and more.

From now until Sunday, August 9, you can take 50% off a Strala Annual Membership (or switch your current membership to the annual plan). If you already have a great rate, you're all set. We don't like raising rates on people. We'd much rather keep things sustainable by welcoming more wonderful people into our community.

Use the code SUMMER26 for 50% off an Annual Membership.

Use the code SOFTEN26 for 50% off our Online Intensives, including my favorites: The Art of Sequencing, 100+ Hour Shiatsu, 30+ Hour Healing and Teaching Support for Trauma, and more.

The Soft Life, a feeling we might think we want to have, a life that’s idyllic, with a lack of tension and stress, and full of feminine whimsy.

Living Softly, actively dropping the widely held misconception: the belief that accomplishing our goals requires ongoing stress and struggle.

When you soften, let your breath move you, notice how you feel, and respond with care, you are including yourself. And when you include yourself, you naturally create a safe feeling for others around you. It feels like magic, but it's a practice available to all of us.

Softness isn’t an alternative, a break, or a cute choice to chill before returning to getting things done. Softness is the most effective way to accomplish more. It’s a fact, a universal truth, wisdom.

A few kids adopted us at the county fair yesterday, and somewhere between the rides, a conversation about engineering, and a whole lot of laughter, I was reminded that softness has a way of revealing the best in people. Maybe our greatest strength isn't becoming someone else, but bringing more of who we already are into the world.

We can grow, repair what we have, and encourage the good that's already here without believing everything needs to be destroyed before something beautiful can happen.