January 26, 2023 Last weekend, I found myself face-down on a massage table for the first time in three years. It was everything I expected and nothing I expected. The places where I thought I’d feel a big release if tension were underwhelming, whereas theread more
January 19, 2023 I wouldn’t claim to have a photographic memory by any means, but I can close my eyes and visualize the running list of presidents I made at the back of my five-subject spiral notebook for eleventh-grade AP U.S. history. As we movedread more
January 11, 2023 It never fails to amaze me how predictable—and predictably good—I feel after acupuncture. After several years of schlepping to Greenpoint to lay on a heated table with needles (that I am too scared to look at) poking out of my body, Iread more
January 5, 2023 My teacher cued us through the standard surya namaskar vinyasa, and just like I’d done hundreds of times, I pushed myself from a chaturanga pushup into upward facing dog. Except, in the transition that had become as familiar to me as walkingread 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
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
