"So you're going all the way to the city to meditate for 45 minutes?" my husband asked me this morning. He was referring to a meditation session with Sharon Salzberg at the Rubin Museum of Art in New York City. It would take me 2...
I’d like to believe that the recent terrorist attacks in Paris, the United States congress voting for a bill to ban Syrian and Iraqi refugees from the US, and another mass shooting in California earlier this week, happened for a reason. If nothing else, maybe...
If it wasn’t for his patients who reported they could feel his hands healing on their arms or legs even before he touched them, Dr. Eric Pearl would probably still be working as a chiropractor in L.A. Fortunately, he took his patients’ claims seriously. He...
When hearing the word “detox” I used to think of endurance and anguish. Back in the 80’s my dad would do a detox by just drinking warm water with lemon juice and maple syrup for 3 days. It sounded horrible. I have also seen juice...
Recently I was asked whether I have a special morning routine and, if so, if I would like to share it. I do have a morning routine that I recommend to everyone. My customary wake-up method hovers between good (the short version) and ideal (the...
This title sounds like an episode of Big Bang Theory. It’s actually quite befitting as I feel pretty much the same about this sitcom as I do about Instagram challenges; it’s funny and entertaining on one hand, and it’s silly and annoying on the other...
After months of deliberating and hesitating – you feel that you are not flexible, the scene intimidates you, and you don’t have the right outfit – you have decided to take a yoga class at your local yoga studio. Because you are not sure what...
In this day and age, yoga seems to be a practice that is all about the ability to get into the most complicated postures and to get a workout in, under the pretense that we are being ‘spiritual’ and are taking care of ourselves. I’m...
It was Thursday afternoon. I was getting ready to teach a yoga class when I received text messages from my two best friends. They both had a similar message: “x was on the flight…” The flight was MH17 that crashed in the Ukraine after it...
Recently I was asked this question by OneWorld retreats in order to promote my yoga retreat in Bali. The first answer that came to mind was: “why not?” And then: “because it is easier than meditation”. I realize that those are not satisfactory answers, let...