There comes a time every week when I feel at a loss for words. Being that I’m a writer, you could understand my conundrum. I sit down with a blank page in front of me, and a voice comes from somewhere within the dark, echo of the cave in my brain, “Okay, what do I think? What do I ...
Creativity
I wake up, brush my toes against the rough carpet, and grab my pink fuzzy robe off the hook. I walk to the sink, look at my eyes in the mirror, puffy with sleep, and wash my face with an exfoliating scrub. I go downstairs, and step outside, taking a big gulp of fresh air wet with rain from the ...
Life for me has always been dominated by words. Whether they’re words that I’m writing on the blogosphere or the words that go by so quickly in the latest book I’m binging. It’s a constant in my life. And despite that – for the last couple years – it’s ...
Sometimes I feel like a dam that is just about to flood over. Like a balloon that is just about to explode. Like a volcano about to erupt. I can feel that I am full of movements I want to make. Full of yoga I have yet to express. Full of shapes I have yet to draw. Full of words I have ...
Some days nothing goes as planned. Everything you wanted to accomplish seems to have disappeared out of the window. All your goals, all your dreams, are so far away that you can barely see them. You ate a whole bag of candy even though you swore to stop eating sugar. You didn’t show up to ...
Today’s mantra is I am creative. If you’re like most people who are alive and breathing, you probably doubt your creativity quite often. Unless you’re a professional artist of some sort, somewhere along the way, we were told to believe that there are creative people and ...
Katie Ness is basically a tour de force in the yoga world. And the art world. And the dance world. And the list goes on! She’s been a Bad Yogi Blog contributor for a bit, and because I love her posts, I was so excited to learn a bit more about her in an interview. Katie is an artist with ...
I have a firm belief that there is a light inside everyone, a divine light. That light connects each and everyone one of us together and to the Universe. This isn’t an original idea by any stretch, just consult the ancient yogi vedas. This light that brings us together also makes us unique, ...
Bad Yogis, it’s Spring… time to revisit our commitment to New Year’s resolutions! This year, one of my resolutions was to nurture my creative side. When I was younger I wrote stories and poems, and sketched as much as I could. Now, I find it hard to get back to that ingenuity. I made a ...