Life's a stretch. be flexible. (02/13/08)
When Voltaire stated "I've decided to be happy because it's good for my health" he possessed a unique lucidity. It was the radical concept that suffering is optional.   That happiness is so often regarded as a stroke of luck bestowed upon a few attractive trust fund recipients is pure fallacy. ...

Life's a stretch. be flexible. (01/30/08)
While the New Year's resolution is an honorable idea with upstanding intentions, it nonetheless appears each January clothed in robes of impending defeat. Mark Twain said, " Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual." Why the gloom and doom approach to self-improvement?...

Life's a stretch. be flexible. (12/05/07)
Some days our practice is seamless and life flows along, our vision mountaintop panoramic. Other days we are deep in a narrow canyon, life pressing in on all sides. It feels that each direction is a steep cliff face, impossible to scale alone.   I'm talking about the kind of day where your alarm stayed silent until long after you were supposed to be there, you burn your tongue on your morning coffee, the dog gets sick in the house and the world seems generally out to get you...

Life's a stretch. be flexible. (10/03/07)
Yoga is a tool to cultivate our connection to our true self, the part of us that, regardless of the constant flow of life, remains the same.   When you look in the mirror you may see a different face than you saw a few years ago. The reflection probably belongs to someone who has a new job, value system or is simply in a different mood. ...

Life's a stretch. be flexible. (09/05/07)
What is it exactly that allows amputees to find the momentum to win marathons while the rest of us sit around waiting for life to happen? How is it that Lance Armstrong can win the Tour De France six times after a cancer diagnosis, one of which he won with a broken collar bone, yet most of us are so convinced of our meager limitations that we never leave the couch?...

Life's a stretch. Be Flexible (08/15/07)
If you suffer chronic or occasional insomnia, yoga may be one way to overcome it and allow you to bypass the sleeping pills. Slow, deep, rhythmic breathing can relax the body and mind and help you assimilate stress. This conscious breathing style is learned rather than instinctual...

Life's A Stretch. Be Flexible (08/01/07)
You may already be familiar with the salutation "Namaste".   If you have been to a yoga class you will certainly have closed the class this way. If you have traveled to India you would have experienced this greeting used as prevalently as "hello" or "goodbye." You may even have friends who sign e-mails with this word that you feel like you should know but haven't yet added to your repertoire...