Seems a likely time to talk about monsters on the day after Halloween but it was actually something else that inspired this month’s...

This past weekend, I had the great privilege of spending a few hours learning from a brilliant teacher named Sam Rice. Her workshop was...

Many years ago, I heard this piece on NPR about how multitasking is a delusion. We think we are doing more than thing at once but what’s...

On Sunday I’m going to do something that I haven’t done in a long time. And I’m nervous about it. I’m playing in a piano recital. In...

A few days ago, I took a yoga class that felt like the Wild West of yoga. Folks were doing random headstands and handstands, crow poses...

Have you ever seen the movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall”? Definitely not a cinematic masterpiece but a chuckle worthy early 2000’s...

One of my kids’ favorite book characters is Chico Bon Bon from the “Monkey with A Tool Belt” series by Chris Monroe. Do you know these...

Have you ever watched a sculptor working? Even if you haven’t, you can imagine. It’s totally mesmerizing. She is there working at a solid...

Just a few days ago I was cooking in the kitchen and I heard a kid fight brewing in the living room. It started off with a snippy remark....

A friend of mine recently took a trip to stay at an Ayurvedic center in hopes of addressing some chronic health problems. She was on a...

I like going to yoga classes where no one knows me. Too often I’m in a class where students know I’m a yoga teacher and I feel pressure...

I’ve just returned from a retreat at one of my favorite places on the planet: Blue Mountain Retreat Center. There’s a funny thing that...

This weekend I pulled out the sweatshirts and flannels with great delight that the cooler weather has finally arrived. I put some...

Not too long ago, one of my students had what she described as an “out-of-body experience” in a restorative yoga practice. It reminded me...

I’ve just returned from leading a 4-day summer retreat that was all about cultivating contentment. Santosha (sometimes spelled samtosha...

A few years ago I thought I wanted to go back to school to be an Occupational Therapist. I knew I was going to have to take a bunch of...

Not too long ago, Will came inside from playing in the back yard and asked me if I knew where he could find a magnifying glass. We ended...

Not long ago a whole group of kids were playing after school in the neighborhood park. All of sudden, two kids came tearing out of the...

Not too long ago, Sadie, my 3-year old asked me for a drink. When I gave her the cup, she threw the most epic tantrum to ever be thrown....

During recovery from surgery, a student of mine asked her doctor when she would be able to return to her asana practice, adding, “I love...