The first time it happened, the situation seemed innocent enough. But since it happened again last weekend, I now detect a pattern. It begins with an effortless experience. Namely, reserving an Uber to get to a venue, in this case for a mountaintop wedding. In fact, our driver arrived five minu...

I haven’t thought about this in a LONG time but… I had a flashback while writing this newsletter to my first official job, meaning one where you had to fill out forms and got a regular paycheck. Namely, I worked in the local Sears department store, mostly in the catalog pick-up department. My memo...

Puppy Meditation  HERE. Last week I wrote the newsletter right before Vlad’s Official Gotcha Day Party (ie, a celebration of one year since I adopted him). I posted the event in our building’s WhatsApp Puppy Chat and, since there was no possibility to RSVP. I had no idea if anyone would come. ...

New FREE Offering HERE. I admit to being a little distracted as I write this. Vlad also seems a little unnerved, specifically by the large mass of balloons that have just arrived. He’s usually fine with balloons but these are all clumped together in a large plastic bag, floating like some lumpy al...

For once, I took my own advice. You see, this past week––as my last newsletter advised and around which I themed the new meditation––on two counts I actually “Did Something Different.” Not to be boastful, but the results were…well…quietly miraculous. The first, is a domestic debt I owe to, of all ...

Meditation is the ultimate mobile device; You can use it anytime, anywhere unobtrusively.” –Sharon Salzberg Almost everyone now believes they “should” be meditating. There are endless studies proving how just good it is for us. (And God knows we need it.) And yet something so...

“All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.” – Kafka – Belle has been “mentoring” a lot of puppies these days. Last week, it was Chester, a mini Australian sheepdog. (Chester’s owner actually thanked me after taking them bot...

Went for my second floatation session today at Zazen –– miraculous because I bought the groupon, and then they screwed up the location and gave me a freebie, so my savings is astronomical. In a way, since I still teach 2.5 people yoga privately just to “stay in the game,” I’m ...

There’s a much better –– or at least longer –– blog post I want to write about this topic but I’m keeping it brief since I only have 2 more episodes left of the first seasons of DAMAGES and I must complete before Alaska. On our awesome telecall this week, one caller brought up the idea of the l...