by Sherri Koehler | Jan 31, 2018 | Blog Posts, Practice
New Year’s is a traditional time for new beginnings. I began studying yoga in January 2003, one of those many people trying out yoga for the first time. Overwhelmingly there is a message to change your body. Holidays are over, you overate, and clearly it is time...
by Sherri Koehler | Oct 30, 2017 | Blog Posts, Meditation, Practice
Metta, from Pali: loving-kindness Meaning: benevolence, friendliness, amity, kindness, good-will, and an active interest in the well-being of others. Metta is considered one of the sublime attitudes of an enlightened being, the first of the Four Immeasurables,...
by Sherri Koehler | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog Posts
Content Warning: discussion of sexual trauma and abuse by parent (mother) A year ago I responded on Twitter to a hashtag, #NotOK, created by author Kelly Oxford, and spoke publicly about the sexual trauma I’d experienced in the years before I turned 21....
by Sherri Koehler | Sep 20, 2017 | Blog Posts
Last week I wrote about how hard it is for me to have an illness now, how impatient I am. As if to illustrate this point, I’m feeling pretty terrible again this week. Monday had to get a sub for the class I usually teach. Teaching my two morning classes...
by Sherri Koehler | Aug 1, 2017 | Blog Posts
For nearly 20 years I cultivated a career in technology. I became a specialist in maintaining systems used to produce complicated reports, like financial statements, from large data warehouses. I was very good, I earned a six figure income, had fantastic healthcare...
