Gwen R.

My dear friend Melinda passed away, and my heart is heavy. Melinda and I met through our training at Sacred Centers Academy. She became my Chakra Sister, mentor, confidant, creative twin, and one of the great blessings of my life. In the Spring 2023 issue of The Camel, Melinda wrote an article titled Are You Locked in Stress Mode? She wrote it during her own health struggles because she understood how important reducing stress is for our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being....

Yesterday I deconstructed my yoga room at Footprints to Recovery NJ, my teaching home for the past seven years. I piled everything into the center of the room for removal. All pictures and decor are down. All shelving, props, lighting, etc., pulled together. Just like that, the room lost its purpose. But our spirit will forever remain. I needed that deconstruction for closure. It felt like shutting the door so I could open the next. I found out a few weeks ago that the Footprints location in...

Step Eleven invites us to explore all the many paths of spiritual connection. Freedom to explore has served me well over the years, and integrating the practices I have found into my life has brought a fascinating, creative, and fun aspect to how I live. Through clearing my energy centers — the chakras and beyond — there is a free flow of divine inspiration. When Bill W. says, "Having opened our channel", that is what I am referring to. The Twelve Steps, yoga (asana), breathwork (pranayama),...