I recently wrote, in a post called “Time to Grow,” about breaking conventions from the busy-ness of our days, from the norms society puts on us to just do things, rather than take time to think about the things we do. One way I apply that time to think and Read more
As I huffed my way up a muddy mountain trail, out for what I will generously call a run, I tried a new approach to motivation. Rather than let my mind dig in with the “It’s OK to walk” talk … Rather than try to drive myself with ideas of Read more
Off the Mat: Writing Yoga Many are familiar with yoga as a physical practice, or asana. The power of yoga, however, is in how we walk with it when we’re off the mat. Actually, many of the practices occur wholly away from a yoga mat. I use writing as a Read more
Life is a practice, action ever in progress. Whatever loops we live, the habits we reinforce, are our practices incomplete and always in motion. Good or bad. There are many forms of practicing our best selves, and they are not mutually exclusive. Sing with what rings to you. Speaking to Read more
Introducing Echoes of Oms Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra I.1 atha yoganusasanam “Now this is yoga as I have observed it in the natural world.” There are nine short poems in the Echoes of Oms chapbook. These, and the monochromatic photographs that accompany them, come from experience in the natural Read more
The Yoga of Morning Pages Buckle up. The bus is about to jump the curb. Morning pages, as popularized by Julia Cameron in “The Artist’s Way,” are for brain letting, getting out what holds us back — doubts, goals, joys, fears — at the beginning of our day. They are Read more
Life is in transition in Christine Reber’s household. A recent high school graduation for one of her three teenagers. A house move that, as those tend to go, will take some time to unfold. And a personal and professional life path that continues to evolve. “Everything that I’m involved in Read more
UPDATED (5.8.20) Humanitou transitioned from text-based interviews to podcast in March 2020. It also expanded beyond the Pikes Peak region in Colorado, where it was born to include diverse voices and stories from around the world. [Through Humanitou] Adam invites guests to share their perspectives and experiences of humanness and Read more
Returning readers of Humanitou will recognize some currents that run through the conversations. The line I use to describe the site’s purpose is: “Stories of Humanness + Creativity.” In the heart of that tagline is passion, the warm-blooded energy that compels any one of us — all of us — Read more
Kat Tudor is the guiding light behind SunWellness — SunWater Spa, SunMountain Center, Smokebrush Foundation — in Manitou Springs. Her history with the healing arts (“all the arts”) is more or less life long, and has run deeply throughout the Colorado Springs area since 1973. Kat moved to Colorado Springs Read more
Manitou Springs collects us. From this corner and that, from shore to shore and well beyond. An unseen magnet. Ros Prado, a yoga teacher, has her own story. An original, yet one that echoes. Another soul finding good in this mountain village at the foot of America’s Mountain. “I didn’t Read more