What's amping my vibe at the moment? This little guy:Obie Brenny.All swaddled up on his way home from the hospital.He is all I can think about. My new, (and first!) grandchild.He was born on March 25th. That sweater he's wearing is the same one his mother wore on her way home from the hospital.The only downside … Continue reading Obie Brenny
Just for the month of April
In the month of April I run a "Yoga Challenge" at my studio, Main Street Yoga. It's a "30 Days for $30" yoga extravaganza. I run 3 classes a day Monday through Thursday, and 2 classes a day Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 70 people are signed up this year and it's intense, let me tell … Continue reading Just for the month of April
A Book Snob Finds Love On the Bestseller List
This year I set a goal to read a book a month, which seems pretty wimpy considering that I used to read a book a week in my college and grad school years. But the thing about reading now, as opposed to then, is that now I am reading for me, for my own edification, … Continue reading A Book Snob Finds Love On the Bestseller List
Strengthening the Love Container
People sometimes break down in yoga class. They fall apart. They shatter. It doesn't happen a lot, but it happens regularly enough so that I have to be prepared for it. When people shatter, it's usually because their "container" isn’t strong enough to hold whatever emotion detonated within them. They don’t see it coming. They … Continue reading Strengthening the Love Container
Another Trip Around The Sun
Yesterday was my 60th birthday, and I am here to report that after years of searching, I believe I may have finally hit upon a way of thinking about aging that doesn’t make my insides curdle, and find me staring at the ceiling in a cold sweat in the middle of the night. I think … Continue reading Another Trip Around The Sun
Starting Over
For a long time this blog has been a lie. When I started it back in 2009, its purpose, its founding intention, was to be a place where I’d report on inspiring people, places and ideas. I would live my life looking for such things and report my findings here, I said. And for quite … Continue reading Starting Over
A Time to Pause and Reflect
I am getting ready to go to the studio and set up for this afternoon's Yoga Nidra class. Every New Year's Eve I lead this deep guided meditation called Yoga Nidra, and then offer people the opportunity to stay afterwards and write a letter to themselves. Here is what happens: Unlike my normal classes where … Continue reading A Time to Pause and Reflect
The 1 Thing I Am Good At
Yesterday I completed Day 750 on 750words.com Milestone, I think. No badge for that, but still, the symmetry pleases me. The one thing I am good at is sticking to things. If I commit to it, I do it. It's the one thing my friends and students always say they wish they could do, too. … Continue reading The 1 Thing I Am Good At
Gadgets and Gizmos and Chicken Soup
I've been reading Bringing Home the Dharma in the mornings. It's my new ritual, this reading in the morning. I have broken my Ultimate Yogi streak and am now contemplating starting all over again and trying to make it to 108 Days. I have a hard time when my streaks end. There's a lot of … Continue reading Gadgets and Gizmos and Chicken Soup
Food Sins
Last night I came home from my wild and crazy Fall Flow class, starving. On the counter stood a warm rotisserie chicken and a bottle of wine at the perfect temperature. Oh god, it was the sight of heaven. I fixed a plate, poured some wine and settled into the couch for a DVRed episode … Continue reading Food Sins
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