By Trish Reyburn My sister agreed to join me the first time I visited the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health in Lenox, Massachusetts. I cried the whole ride up in the car from Connecticut because I was completely and utterly miserable in my life. I was 25 and had no idea what type of…
By Trish Reyburn I’ve had several dreams that have stayed with me. Some of them occurred during sleep and some during my waking hours. The first dream that I vividly remember was when I was small, probably five or six-years-old. A wild man – who looked like a wolf snatched me out of my bed…
By Trish Reyburn For as long as I can remember, I have enjoyed going fast. My mind moves fast. I like to drive fast. I like to rollerblade and ride my bike fast. My first memory of experiencing adrenaline-rushing speed was while riding fast on my skateboard. My family lived on a big hill in…
By Trish Reyburn I lost myself just before I turned five years old. I had lost parts of myself prior but the rest went when I began kindergarten. My teacher, Mrs. Alquist, began the first few days calling me Patricia. Of course, I knew that was my full name but everyone at home called me…
By Trish Reyburn Long before I even thought I would own and run a yoga studio, I auditioned at local studios to teach classes. The very first studio I contacted was, in fact, located in the same space that Blissworks now calls home. All those years ago, I arrived on the sidewalk outside what is…
Magic is afoot in everyday life. We move through the mundane tasks of life while there are unseen forces supporting us along the way. One of those forces is named Ganesha and he is a best friend of mine. Ganesh, or Ganapati, is the first on the Hindu pantheon of gods and also the first…
“Hi, my name is Hanuman… and like all children I was born with great powers…” Hanuman is a monkey, a talking monkey who lived a long, long time ago, and still lives today. According to the stories, Hanuman is the incarnation of Shiva, the Lord of Yoga, but like many of us he forgot his divinity….
By Trish Reyburn My first yoga lesson in breathing was profound! It was a lesson in conscious breathing and abiding in the body in present-moment awareness.But I wasn’t able to dive deeper into the practices of breath control until many years later. Among the 8 Limbs of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is a category of practice…
