Guiding Star Yoga Therapy

Guiding Star Yoga Therapy Guiding Star Yoga also provides group yoga classes.

Guiding Star Yoga Therapy is a holistic practice and therapy that works with individuals through specific application of yogic tools including yoga postures, breathing techniques and meditation.

04/04/2026

✍️ Walking Together Through All Seasons - Life brings us many moments - some gentle and peaceful, others challenging and difficult. There are times when we remember to breathe mindfully, to walk with awareness, to choose peace. And there are times when we forget.

This forgetting is so natural and human. Old habits can flood over us like sudden waves, pulling us away from the path of peace we wish to walk. These habits are strong and familiar—they’ve been with us for so long that sometimes they sweep us along before we even notice.

But here is what we hold gently in our hearts: even when we forget, even when old patterns pull us away, we can always return. The path of peace is always here, waiting patiently for us to come back. Not with judgment, but with welcome.

May we all find the strength to return, again and again—after we’ve been swept away by anger, after we’ve forgotten to breathe, after we’ve acted from old habits instead of clear awareness. The practice is not in never falling away. The practice is in coming back, with kindness toward ourselves.
We are here walking this path together. When you forget, we are here. When you struggle, we are here. When old habits feel overwhelming, we are here with you.

We hope that we can continue keeping each other company on this journey of peace—through difficult times and gentle times, through forgetting and remembering, through falling away and coming back.

Thank you for your patience with yourself. Thank you for your persistence in returning to this path. Thank you for walking together with all of us, step by tender step.
We are deeply grateful to walk beside you.

May you and all beings be well, happy and at peace. 🙏✨

03/22/2026

If your SI joint (sacroiliac joint) gets a little cranky from time to time, these simple movements can help reset your pelvis, often bringing noticeable relief in just a few minutes.

To build on this work—for yourself or your students—explore the full practice to relieve sacroiliac discomfort through the link below. Along with pelvic reset movements, the complete sequence includes targeted core and hip strengthening and release to help cultivate balanced support through your sacrum, pelvis, and lumbar spine.

And as always, if you’re experiencing significant or persistent pain, check in with your healthcare provider before trying something new.

https://yogainternational.com/article/view/a-practice-for-si-dysfunction/

Here's where you can find me this week. You can register for the classes Grace Yoga and Pilates by clicking here: https:...
03/02/2026

Here's where you can find me this week. You can register for the classes Grace Yoga and Pilates by clicking here: https://graceyogaandpilates.com/schedule/

You can join me at Gold's Gym by paying $10 for a day use pass.

Send me a message with questions about the classes at Genesis United Methodist Churc and I'll get you hooked up.

It’s our right and our obligation as citizens.
02/24/2026

It’s our right and our obligation as citizens.

02/24/2026

BREAKING: The image says everything. After six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil has been reassigned to SEPTA duty. No burrow. No excuses. Just a bus, six inches of snow, and a city that does not care.

Eyewitnesses say he’s been gripping the wheel since Broad Street, running on Wawa coffee, half defrosted pretzels, and pure exhaustion. Snow piling up. Routes delayed.

Phil hasn’t smiled once.
Officials insist this isn’t punishment, it’s accountability. He called it. Philly’s riding it.

02/24/2026

Pennsylvania the second the word “snow” shows up in a forecast: civilization collapses. We don’t panic, we prepare. Carts loaded like we’re barricading the Turnpike. Milk. Six gallons. Eggs. Enough to open a diner. Bread.We’re carb-loading like we’re personally shoveling I-81.

Meanwhile the groundhog’s smiling at checkout like he knows exactly what he did. The line’s 40 people deep, everyone side-eyeing each other’s dairy supply, and somehow we’re all making French toast for three straight days. This isn’t hysteria. This is Commonwealth survival protocol.

02/24/2026

BREAKING: The Five Families of Groundhog Nation convened an emergency dinner tonight at a low-key Italian joint somewhere just off I-80. Insiders say nerves are frayed after yet another “six more weeks” decree, and whispers of a possible “change in leadership” are very real.

At the head of the table sat Don Salvatore “Six More Weeks” Marmotta, calmly tapping a paw against the linen, floating the idea that Phil might want to “spend some time on a nice farm upstate.”

No shadows were cast. No official comments were issued. But if February 2nd pulls another stunt, don’t be surprised if a different fur coat starts making the forecasts.

02/24/2026

BREAKING: After calling six more weeks of winter and then delivering one confused, half hearted snowstorm, Punxsutawney Phil’s run is officially over. Sources say the final flurry was the last straw. One bad forecast too many.

Authorities caught up with him on a sunny beach, dressed for the sun. The snow back home finally caught up with him. Phil and his girlfriend were left stunned.

Officials say this isn’t a vacation gone wrong, it’s accountability. He promised winter. Now he will deal with the consequences.

02/24/2026

BREAKING: The image says everything officials won’t. After one forecast too many, Punxsutawney Phil has been relocated to supermax conditions. No beach. No burrow. No media tour. No TV. Not even a weather radio. Just reinforced glass, concrete walls, and silence.

Sources say this storm was the last straw. Six more weeks was one thing. This was unforgivable. Authorities insist Phil will not be allowed to see the snow he influenced, the chaos he unleashed, or the radar lighting up the Commonwealth. No maps. No alerts. No satisfaction.

This isn’t revenge, they say. It’s containment. The forecast has been neutralized. The groundhog is secured. Winter continues but Phil no longer controls it.

I needed this chuckle.
02/24/2026

I needed this chuckle.

Reports of nearly 2 feet of snow have come in from the higher elevations in Pennsylvania.

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I have been nurse practitioner for 39 years and a yoga practitioner for 20 plus years. My yoga practice started as part of my recovery from a complicated surgery and I found that the combination of postures, breathing, and meditation helped me through recovery and added another dimension to my life providing inner strength and peace.

Growing up in New Mexico left a deep respect for the Southwest Native cultures and stories, in particular the Zuni tribe. The Zuni Bear symbolizes strength, introspection, self-knowledge, protection, journeying and healing. The Bear’s hibernation reminds us of the value of going within. The Zuni Raven is a guide in the exploration of the unknown and a messenger offering us discovery of our inner hidden world. These ancient wisdoms - the strength and healing of the bear combined with the raven as spiritual guide - come together to visually represent my philosophy of being a guide to healing for my clients.

I brought my passion for yoga together with my Christian faith as a certified Holy Yoga instructor in 2013 after finishing my initial 225 hr teacher training. Twice a week I teach Holy Yoga classes at Huntington Court United Methodist Church. In 2018 I finished an additional 300 hr teacher training as part of my yoga therapy education. I am also a part of the teaching community at Grace Yoga and Pilates in Cloverdale, VA. Having completed my MS in yoga therapy, I am now developing an encore vocation bringing it all together to provide holistic care to clients as a yoga therapist.