Most likely, if you live in the United States you’re being bowled over by the gusts of spirit, cheer, and all the warm and cozy feels that roll over us like the first icy breeze of the winter season. These powerful gusts are conduits ofread more
Whether it’s fear/frustration over the temperature, the selection of vegetables on our dinner plates, or the style and color of the shoes we wear, seasonality has become a primary gauge of worth in our culture. Valiant attempts to abate climate change, or at the veryread more
When I felt I’d reached a true low point in my life at the ripe age of 26, apathetic about my career, regretting all the choices I’d made leading up to it, and feeling the physical ache of constant low-grade stress gripping my hip flexors and shoulders, Iread more
Many culinary traditions and single recipes tout the power of spice combinations. turmeric and black pepper; Chinese five-spice; cumin, coriander, and fennel tea. I’ve personally benefitted from the nutritional and flavor boost that eating certain foods together affords. To break down just one example onread more
“It’s just a little congestion,” the esthetician said as she examined my face under the harsh, bright spa light. I was wrapped in soft, just-warm-enough blankets, my ears soothed by gentle Sanskrit chanting, the room filled with a subtle and spicy aroma: all the ingredients for optimalread more
This weekend marks the unofficial end of summer, which for most people is a reason to lament. Soon, those long sunshine-filled days, lazy weekends out of town or lounging at home, and wardrobes consisting of everything flowy will be replaced by an urge to moveread more
Eighth grade was when I really came into my own as a book person. I was in a great “honors” English class with a young, fun teacher, a class that was full of my friends (distracting and prodcutive at once) and had a syllabus full ofread more
There is a series of poses in yoga not taught frequently in their philosophical order. Warrior 1, 2, and 3 manifest themselves in different parts of a sequence for good reason: they require warming up different parts of the body as one transitions from aread more
Fire Log Pose. You may call it Double Pigeon or Ankle-to-Knee Pose, but as we all know there’s not much in a name, more like a being’s sweet smell is its identity. The smell of this pose is an unmistakably smoldering one. Agnistambhasana, which literallyread more
“More tea?” My best friend at work ping each other with this message countless times every day, so much so that when I try to search my inbox for a real work-related email by her name it’s a hopeless quest to find the relevant message.read more
