“Those that mind don’t matter. And those that matter don’t mind.” -Dr. Seuss She was walking out of Nordstroms and I was walking out of Hooters when I ran into her a few weeks back. Krey Zbitch, a woman I’d known since 6th Grade, had gotten a hold of me on Facebook, thus sparking an [...]
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Alaska
Beautiful moment: 07-23-08 11:30pm Homer, Alaska “What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.” –Joseph Joubert I’d stepped outside at 11:30pm at night. It just finished raining and I was having a hard time getting used to Alaska’s midnight sun. The sky doesn’t go fully dark until well after [...]
The Grand Canyon
Beautiful moment: February 22, 2009 8:20am South Rim Grand Canyon During my weekend workshop in Flagstaff, AZ, I ventured 90 minutes north to the Grand Canyon. As the acid wore off, I found my shirt, pants, socks, and shoes and headed back to Flagstaff.
My Cousin Eli
Beautiful moment: 2/18/08 Washington DC 2:47pm “Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy.” –Unknown Last year I went to my little cousin’s 2 year old birthday. We sang Happy Birthday, blew out the candles on his [...]
Celibacy
“First Law of Socio-Genetics: Celibacy is not hereditary.” -Anonymous Yogis have different reputations in the general population. They are thought to be flexible, spiritual, skinny. Thanks to Sting, yogis are also known to have tremendous sexual prowess. Y’know what I mean: holding power. The great yogi Iyengar says that if you can take it one [...]
Constipation
I was at a teacher training with a very famous yoga teacher who addressed the subject of constipation. He discussed how he never gets constipated because he “moves the downward flowing energy” in meditation. Bless his heart. Constipation is a very real subject for so many Americans. It is thought to affect a quarter of [...]
The Schtick (Re-Gifting)
The Schtick A recent Ellen DeGenerous Show covered the controversy of Re-Gifting. Some people think it’s ok to Re-Gift so long as there’s a proper and generous intention behind the action. Others think Re-Gifting is a cheap move that wreaks of disrespect. The Ellen DeGenerous Show featured a panel of experts who showed some great [...]
India
Beautiful moment: 12-29-06 6:32pm Kochi, India “Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.” Ann Landers I was on a yoga retreat to Kerala, India over New Years 2006. Along with a few fellow adventurers including the infamous Emily Dilloff, [...]
Belize
Beautiful moment: 3-17-04 Belize, Central America sunset The above photo was taken on a retreat that I led with the big, bad Bear Tobin to Belize in 2004. I had just taught a yin yoga class on the hotel dock as our group watched the sun set over the warm, tropical Atlantic. [...]
Cuba
Beautiful moment: Havana, Cuba 3/17/03 1:14pm This is a picture of a student on my yoga retreat to Cuba back in 2003. Thanks to the American embargo on trade, many of the cars on the streets of Havana are from the pre-embargo 1950′s. It feels like you’ve entered a time warp. We practiced yoga in [...]
