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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. * Goethe *   I always forget this story about the Hindu diety Hanuman. As a young demi-god, he was full of vast power and great mischief. In fact, he was enough of a brat that he continually irritated the usually implacable sages in his vic...

“If Someone Steals Your Cab, Then It Wasn’t Your Cab” • Taxi Cab Driver Wisdom I almost never go out. I vastly prefer having friends over. Last Friday, though, I gathered my courage and headed out with my crew to a downtown party of an old friend. I lasted about 15 crowd-filled minutes b...

Hiding being the still thriving cabbage, some mysterious and beautiful new growth.

I actually think Belle ALWAYS looks dignified but I really like the quote.

In this time of increasingly shocking divisiveness, it’s easy to forget what the word “yoga” really means. The Sanskrit root actually means “to unite.” One of the most helpful things I’ve read this week was this Taoist Parable shared by Alan Briskin: During a time of gre...

Last night, my wonderful student Shelley had a Crow Pose Breakthrough in my class at the beautiful Exhale Mind Body Spa. People usually think the secret to arm balances is greater upper body strength or more core. But it’s not about “muscling through.” Instead, it’s usually two th...

Real Artists Ship It truly is that simple. In other words, having all the creative ideas in the world may be great but how much value do they have if you never get them down on paper? Or if those pages stay hidden in your sock drawer? I’m a huge fan of Emily Dickinson, and “I dwell in Possibili...

I love this year’s birthday dropback photo taken by my great friend Sarah Herrington. Other than changing the background and/or my outfit, it’s hard to find a new spin on this series but in 2016 we found one: just add my Mom! She did confess that it was easier to give birth to me than to watch ...

I’d just graduated from college and was sharing a NYC cab ride with two parents and their elementary school child. Somehow the topic became “What would you do if you were rich?” The nine year-old could literally only focus on candy. How much candy she would buy for herself. What kind of c...