“Education is one of the few things a person is willing to pay for and not get.” -William Lowe Bryan My cousin was in the hospital, and his wife asked for help. They were trying to get their son into a swanky private school and wanted me to fill in as “the father figure” for [...]

“A right is not what someone gives you; it’s what no one can take from you.” Ramsey Clark Last week, a friend asked me to sub her class at a local country club. I hesitantly agreed. But when it came time to actually teach her 1:30pm yoga class at the country club 45 minutes away, [...]

The Schtick (A Jewish Christmas in Rural Texas) “Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.” Martin Luther King Toward the end of college, I was dating a very conservative woman, Catherine Harris, from a town 100 miles north of Houston.  [...]

Funny moment:   January 13, 2009     Outside of Walgreens in Santa Monica As I left Walgreens, I saw this man standing out front. On his shoulder was some kind of colorful bird. I was alarmed and ran up to the man, “Excuse me sir, you have a large bird on your shoulder!” The man turned to [...]

January 11, 2009           4:40pm          Slidell, Lousiana                After a down home Southern weekend of Livin’ the Moment in Slidell, Lousiana, the talented chef-yogini Susan Sebastian cooked up some Shrimp n’ Grits. 

“Toughness is in the soul and spirit, not in muscles and an immature mind.” -Alex Karras This past weekend, I taught a yoga workshop in Slidell, Louisiana. Slidell-ers are some of the friendliest, warmest people I’ve ever met. Southern hospitality to the extreme. And these people have been through more than I ever imagined. Slidell [...]

Delicious moment:    dessert       October 28, 2008      Santa Monica, CA Last year, Katrina Markoff, founder of Vosges Haut-Chocolat, and I were presenting Yoga + Chocolate in Hawaii. We went to the Neiman Marcus in Honolulu which is the top-selling Vosges store. We soon heard a fascinating story. An airline employee was doing a interview with Japanese [...]

“Love is the only freedom in the world because it so elevates the spirit that the laws of humanity and the phenomena of nature do not alter its course.” -Kahlil Gibran As we pan through the chaos of this era, we may find the remains of broken marriages, destroyed businesses, and shattered confidence. But the [...]

The Schtick (A Jewish Christmas in Rural Texas) “Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective.” Martin Luther King Toward the end of college, I was dating a very conservative woman, Catherine Harris, from a town 100 miles north of Houston.  [...]