I finished re-filing and organizing everything today and it was MAJOR.  [Filing cabinets, shelves, closets, and drawers.] Part of it was that the physical embodiment of stuff for me really reflects all my mental stuff, and so re-sorting a lot of business and personal things inside my head, was concretized ...

Oddly, my check for the copies of UPWARD DOG that Cavallo Point purchased for my signing event in August was made out to “Upward Dog.” I’m still going to try and cash it –– but honestly, doesn’t it seem clear that that is the title of the book versus the author’s n...

In the “only in San Francisco” category, on the way home from teaching my private today, Belle and I stumbled across a basketful of glitter.  (Or maybe, technically, tinsel.) Who left such a thing on high on the hill? One great client call followed by a snazzy new client I’m particul...

Last night Val guided me –– via text –– through a releasing the bubble meditation before I sent out my mass email about my Summer Coaching program. I did modify it a bit –– substituting Peonies for Roses, given that I’d just bought a bouquet that day at Trader Joe’s –– and I improvised a bit fu...

Today I got my first pedicure with polish. I’ve had dozens of pedicures in my adult life, really starting as part of being a yoga teacher.  People look at your feet and well, it’s just sorta a necessity. Yet until today I’ve completely resisted getting any polish. But today after jump rop...

At least I think that’s what the owner Bev of the Bikram studio said today (I can’t be sure because of the heat exhaustion, you know). Today was insanely productive, largely because I really simplified things I made a list of the five most powerful things I could do, and then –– after 14 minute...

Today I took my jump rope practice to a whole new level:  no longer 1 minute on and 1 minute off, I began doing 2 minutes on and 1 off.  (I still jumped for a total of 12 minutes, but split up differently it was somehow even more intense and more playful.) I experienced this greater freedom and e...

One of those against all odds things happened today in Words With Friends: In the last round, I got J, Q, and Z –– each worth ten points (because they are so challenging to place) –– and practically nowhere to place them since the board was filled.  Even lame places, like non-T...

Today I reached a new jump rope peak (12 sessions of 1 minute jumping and 1 minute recovery after each) and it was my fifth Bikram class in a row. [By the way, the world jump roping record is 27 hours –– which is clearly quite insane.] The plot has thickened at Bikram in that I now know my enemy’s na...