I have been very delinquent lately re: Social Media + Blogging + Newsletter-ing. There have been lots of reasons for resistance about this, including an internal debate between “Is anybody listening/Does anybody care?” to “What do I know about anything…?” I’ve also been ...

  Working away on the new book proposal and have decided that NOW is the time to really get down with the material. IE, if you really want to master something, just try teaching it. So this Sunday from 1:30 to 3:30 I’m doing a semi-secret (and totally FREE) Beta-Testing Workshop of the content. ...

(especially when you have a terrible cold….)

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...

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.