Over the past 17 years I’ve been teaching yoga full-time and have come to appreciate the immense value of retreats for my own health, spiritual growth, and peace of mind. I believe we all need time “away” from our responsibilities Read more »
As many of you know, the ancient yogis taught and believed that you are one with Nature, and that in order for you to evolve and stay healthy, you need diversity. Nature is always changing, and since we are one Read more »
What goes in must come out.
This is true; there is no doubt.
Every inhale has a friend.
There’s an exhale at the end.
Every morsel that we swallow
Goes right down, fills the hollow.
If we want Read more »
As unique beings we all have different hopes, fears, conditioning, expectations, and agendas around our health and relationship to food and eating. Over the years of teaching and doing nutritional counseling, I have found it valuable to establish my own Read more »
The Kapha qualities outside can make you feel heavy and lethargic and/or pull you towards foods that promote weight gain or the use of recreational drugs and alcohol to cope with depression, stress, and the winter blues; here we again Read more »
KRIYA YOGA = ACTION
Yoga is more complex and far richer than most of us in the West give it credit for. It really is a way of life. After years of living yoga each and every day, and personally experiencing Read more »
I’ve recently discovered this amazing FREE lecture series from UC Berkeley called Edible Education. If you are interested in food, food politics, the Earth, human relations, civil rights, and justice…you might find some of these lectures insightful.
Here’s my pick Read more »
Last month at the Sleeping Lady Fall Yoga Retreat, one of the lovely participants gave me this book called, Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson, M.D? To my surprise, this short and simple book contains a lot of wisdom Read more »
Winter is Nature’s time to hibernate and retreat. Since we are also connected to Nature, it is wise that we follow her lead and begin to slow down, get ample amounts of sleep, rest, meditate, and retreat in order to Read more »
During my recent visit to Austin, I had the privilege of taking several classes with Craig Williams. Craig is among many other things an Oriental Medicine Doctor and Ayurvedic Practitioner who offers a wide range of classes and workshops related Read more »