Presidents and pirouettes. Herbal formulas and quadratic formulas. How to read and how to listen. Shame, courage, forgiveness. These are some of the things I’ve learned from teachers over the years, lessons that have taken me by surprise by how tenaciously they’ve stuck in myread more

December 29, 2022 The week before Christmas is always more chaotic than I expect, even though by now those expectations for chaos are pretty high. Between finishing work projects (and sometimes starting new ones), arranging for travel, and making sure I see everyone I wantread more

December 16, 2022 I just finished reading a novel set during World War I, where, among other atrocities, one of the main characters loses half his face in battle. Beloved for his good looks and charm, this character is particularly devastated by the injury, whichread more

December 8, 2022 We have circled back around to the beginning (or the end?), in terms of nature’s cycles as well as my teaching theme 🥰 intentional? Yes, but also not something I’ve had to think a lot about consciously. When we allow our livesread more

January 26-30, 2023 I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s designed to do to stay alive. In Ayurveda, facilitating the process of cleansing ideallyread more

The symbol of all art is the prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories it contains.  —E. E. Cummings    Here we are, at the end. I was looking back through my document ofread more

December 2, 2022 In all my musings about the nature of the mind this month, including here with you, there’s been a question nagging me in the background I’m hesitant to even ask aloud: Why would the mind be wired for negative states and emotions,read more

November 28, 2022 I’ve been in physical therapy for the last few weeks with a “gluteal tendinopathy,” a fancy name for a strain on the attachment of the glutes to the pelvic bones that lasts longer than 8 weeks. The details of this injury aren’tread more