Author Archives: katherinemarr

 “I want to live in a world where people are inspired to actively respond to our personal, social, environmental, and economic challenges” ~ Micheal Stone I was listening to a radio interview with Feist a little over a week after Michael’s passing. She was sharing the inspiration for her Pleasure album, but more specifically theContinue reading “His Vision Carries On”

If you wish to understand a concept, study the root language and the meaning of the root word from which the modern concept was derived. There is incredible wisdom in this approach to studying and understanding the qualities of our human experience. It was through my studies in yoga therapy that I began to payContinue reading “Perennial Wisdom vs. Evolving Science”

We all had a stake in it; we all had something to win and something to lose. Stuck in the mud, tears streaming down my face. I had already been there for two hours and the quad just wouldn’t budge. My body was just too small to give it gas with my thumb and pushContinue reading “Gettin’er Done”

I don’t remember all the details of what it actually felt like to be that depressed. I can make an effort to remember – if I sit here and close my eyes and embody a glimpse of the lethargic, heavy, sobbing memory. After all, it had been my norm and my way of being forContinue reading “Healing Is a Dynamic, Non-Linear Process”

  This seems like the perfect timing of sharing the take-aways of “A Mindful Leader Forum”that I attended last week. The President Elect for the U.S. is officially Donald Trump. I genuinely thought it was an impossibility. My faith in humanity was so strong that I disengaged from paying attention to the campaign weeks ago.Continue reading “Mindful Leadership: the challenges we face”

The more I study and understand the interconnections between our mind, body, and breath, the more I am intrigued about the relationship between our overall health and our level of happiness. I am currently studying Ayurveda in conjunction with the yoga therapy training I am coming to the end of. I decided to embark onContinue reading “Health And Happiness Are Two Sides Of The Same Coin”

Some of the most fertile soil on the planet is the soil that has lived the transformation of a forrest fire. Lately, there has been a fire in my belly, a determined force within me, and a strong urge to create movement, change, and real transformation. The kind of anger that I consider to be myContinue reading “The Upside of Anger”

The point that I am interested in making in this post is related to the impact that it has on our health when we get stuck in the loop of the drama triangle. Essentially, it is impossible to play out one of the three roles of victim, villain, or hero in our interactions AND beContinue reading “Victim, Villain, Hero, Oh my!”

Recently, I had the fortune of being by my uncle’s side and supporting my aunt who was caring for him during the last 48 hours of his life and this is what I wrote: Witnessing the Art of Dying “Je veux mourir à la maison” he had decided. And so dying at home it wouldContinue reading “Witnessing the Art of Dying”

I have received a few emails now from various students and clients asking me to address some of the complaints they have heard from people regarding the risk factors associated with mindfulness and yoga practices. Articles are being published by people who have attended a mindfulness workshop, for instance, only to feel triggered and have aContinue reading “The Mindfulness & Yoga Trends: addressing the concerns arising from one-size-fits-all approaches being taught”