I’m Busy, What Can Yoga Do for Me?
July 7, 2013 § Leave a comment
We’ve all heard that practicing yoga is good for our health. We need more breathing, more stretching, more strengthening the body and more opening of the heart and mind. Yet it’s still difficult to get our bodies to the yoga mat or class. Maybe these words can help.
Organizing a Yogi: Discipline | The Interdependence Project
March 6, 2012 § Leave a comment
Welcome to my new column: Organizing a Yogi at TheIDProject!
I’ll be the first to admit I have a problem with discipline. Maybe you know what I mean. When I know I need to work on an essay my hand is glued to the remote control and I’m inexplicably watching incredible feats of hair and make-up. Or I have an hour to prepare for a yoga class I’m teaching and…
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#OccupySamsara: The Power of Practice
January 31, 2012 § Leave a comment
The news about neural plasticity, the ability of the human brain to develop new neural pathways through repetition, is quite encouraging. It affirms what the old yogis and meditation masters have been saying about the nature of the mind for thousands of years. « Read the rest of this entry »
#OccupySamsara: My Fresh Little Self
January 17, 2012 § Leave a comment
How do you keep yourself fresh, not just on the outside but within? « Read the rest of this entry »
Rehabilitation of a Yogi: Glow With the Flow
August 2, 2011 § 1 Comment
Alternate titles: Lift Your Arms and Glow; Flow With Breath and Glow; Bend Glow and Flow; and Let Love Flow to Grow. « Read the rest of this entry »
Rehabilitation of a Yogi: The Ground of What Is
July 26, 2011 § 2 Comments
Ever feel like you’re floating away in a hot air balloon of hope, fear, despair, anger or depression?
“What if I’m alone forever?” “No one will ever love me.” “I always feel like poo in the morning.” « Read the rest of this entry »
Rehabilitation of a Yogi: Falling in Like
July 12, 2011 § Leave a comment
There’s this girl, or rather I should say there’s this woman. She’s not perfect, but just like all other sentient beings she wants to be happy. Sometimes she goes about her pursuit of happiness in funny ways. She does things I don’t agree with. She prowls dark alleys and adopts wild pitbull puppies on a whim. « Read the rest of this entry »
Rehabilitation of a Yogi: Fantasy vs. Reality
May 24, 2011 § 1 Comment
Sometimes I feel like I’m drowning, waters rising and I’m flailing about, working so hard to keep my head above water. Feeling overwhelmed. Anxiety. Excitement. Fear. Aggravation. The future is one big unknown. « Read the rest of this entry »
Rehabilitation of a Yogi: The Dimples of Venus and the First Noble Truth
April 12, 2011 § 4 Comments
My Dimples of Venus are ruining my life, those cute little butt dimples. « Read the rest of this entry »
Rehabilitation of a Yogi: Introduction
April 5, 2011 § 6 Comments
Yoga teacher. Buddhist. Maniac with the twists.
Margoshka and the Infinite Process 