In all honesty, I just found this as I was walking home, slightly bummed to have been turned away from an over-sold yoga class. The Universe delivered this particular pick-me-up message via a mystical lemon but there are signs everywhere.   #sidewalkwisdom #foundonthewayhome #messagefromtheunivers...

1.    Stop the Glorification of Busy I was reminded of the zen proverb above this week when my dearest friend invited me out to a leisurely Friday lunch. After an authentic, instantaneous burst of YES, I suddenly experienced a cold-hearted wave of “Wait, can I really take two hours off with everything that...

I absolutely love this 2014 Oscar winning documentary short about Alice Herz-Sommer, who until last year was the world’s oldest living pianist and the world’s oldest Holocaust survivor. Her extraordinary optimism and passion for music got her through the worst of all possible situations, not just as a surv...

For Belle’s Birthday this year I invited a bunch of her favorite people (which, to be honest, are mostly my favorite people, too) to celebrate. I made the little dog a platter of bacon cupcakes (“Bacon” was the theme, actually)… and in the invite I declared that gifts were required...

These days I’m semi-obsessed with Freecycle.  It’s how I got my $600 Dyson for the price of a cab ride.  So this summer when my terrace was sadly empty, I posted about wanting some large plants and trees. One morning last month I got an exciting response to my post, rearranged my day, and withi...

Forget about endless Chaturanga. Savasana might just be the most challenging pose for many type-A yogis. Even B.K.S. Iyengar himself admits that: (for the rest of my essay, check it out online at Mind Body Green.