by robinpenney | Apr 27, 2018 | Life
As a parent, I can oscillate between being wildly permissive and wildly demanding. I have teenagers and they continually make me immensely proud and full of love. And they also frustrate me beyond belief. At the end of the day, I’m trying to raise a human being...
by robinpenney | Jan 15, 2018 | Life, Mindful Movement
My family and I spent the holiday season back in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada, which was our home as a family for 13 years and is my husband’s hometown. Every time I’m there, it’s strange in that it’s a version of home. It’s one...
by robinpenney | Dec 16, 2017 | Life, Teaching
I wrote this little note several months ago after a full day of yoga practice in Texas: “What a fabulous last day with Gioconda Parker at the San Marcos School of Yoga. The word “conversation” came up in totally unrelated circumstances three times...
by robinpenney | Nov 24, 2017 | Life
Yesterday was American Thanksgiving. We started off our day with the 5k Turkey Trot in downtown San Jose to benefit Second Harvest. Three generations of the White-Penney-Krolik family ran/walked in the race, from my 80-year-old dad to my 11-year-old niece....
by robinpenney | Nov 17, 2017 | Life
Last month, I took a paddling class with an outrigger canoe group here in Santa Cruz. Sounds fun, right? But I had a frustrating experience as a new paddler. It was the first time in a long time that I had not felt “good enough” at something. I was trying...
by robinpenney | Oct 1, 2017 | Life
My coach recently posed this fill-in-the-blank challenge to me: I want to BE THIS, so I will DO THAT, so I can HAVE THIS. Which made me question…what do I really want? The tendency is to start with what we want to HAVE. Right now, I think I want to HAVE a stable...