Do you ever try to rest, but you just can’t? Like you have to do a thousand things before you are allowed to? You’re not alone. And ...
Galina’s interview on Revolutionary You
What a pleasure to be interviewed by the wonderful Jason Leenaarts, someone who has walked the hard path of recovery himself, who ...
I can’t rest
I can't tell you how often I hear this. You can't rest. You try to kick back with a book, but your mind keeps spinning asking you to ...
Digestion happens in relationship
When we think about digestion, we often might think about the types of foods we eat, or even how much or when we eat, but have you ever ...
The ground under your feet
What does grounding mean to you? What do you associate the word with? And what does your peace with food have to do with it? I’ve been ...
Self-regulation for difficult times
It's been quite the week, lovely friends. I came back from teaching an incredible workshop in Salt Lake City, and my plan was to blog about ...
Inner conversation ice-breakers
When I first began to befriend my body it was lot like in that poem by the unrepeatable poet Nayyirah Waheed: "Apologize to your body, ...
Why does emotional eating help?
My students generally agree when they emotionally eat it's almost like a surreal experience. Before they know it, it's over. And while it ...
Becoming bodyful
All disembodiment is physical. It's a hard thing to plunge your awareness into at first. There are so many thoughts. And half my body is ...
We can do hard things
It's true, isn't it? We can do hard things. When I first started teaching groups and retreats and really sitting with the reality of ...
Eating behaviors as a doorway
Have you ever thought of the enduring character or eating behaviors? About why it is so hard to will yourself out of them? The main reason ...
What’s your response to a compliment
There are several questions I always ask new students as I try to get them know quickly! "What's your relationship with ...