I absolutely love listening to music with lyrics when I practice - lyrics give me something to focus on rather than listening to my own brain chatter. I'm especially into covers...it's so fun to recognize an old favorite reimagined. And we can find a parallel between covers and our practice - oftentimes, musical covers have the same lyrics and chord progressions as the original, but the tempo and emotion may be completely different. When it comes to our practice, we could com

I was on a trail run the other day, chugging along, listening to the Hip Hop BBQ Pandora station (if you don't know, now you know), when a slender blonde sped past me, easily running double my pace. She punted me right out of my Biggie trance - I felt frustrated and challenged by her. So I did what my Ego told me to do: I sped up. I was able to slam out a few swift steps before it dawned on me - that that wasn't my run...that was HER run. I slowed back down to my pace, back t

This past Fall, my husband and I were out for dinner and drinks with some friends, sitting at a table next to a beautiful tree that extended overhead. We were indoors, so the presence of the tree was unexpected and welcoming. In the middle of our conversation, a bright green leaf detached from the tree and fell to the table right in front of me. Any other time I probably would have paid no mind to this, but I happened to look up and notice that this tree was full of green lea