“Every love story is a ghost story” proclaimed David Foster Wallace, a writer whose complex imagination has expounded upon some of the most intricate, and funniest, parts of our human condition. I’d venture to expand upon this statement with a more general analogy: Every story is aread more
I recently had the honor of hearing acclaimed poet Marie Howe give a reading and Q&A in the context of the theme of “narrative medicine.” Howe is the author of several books of poetry, but she’s best known perhaps for her second collection, What The Livingread 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
‘Tis the season we all look forward to with the eagerness of school children regardless of our age: summer. Regardless of whether you thrive in the heat and extended daylight or not (that distinction is almost as telling as the Bronte test: Charlotte vs. Emily),read more
My parents, bless their hearts, put a lot of responsibility on me as a child. When I was just three years old, I was expecting a younger sister and thus needed a room of my own, the decoration of which they gave me complete control over. I likeread more
When I heard my phone vibrate in my backpack last Thursday afternoon, I was unusually relieved. I was going on hour four of what was meant to be a two-hour “moderate” hike in peaks near Cold Spring, New York, where I had fled on aread more
I knew better than to fall for claims of achieving post-facial “glow” and “radiance” when I booked an appointment at my go-to spa downtown. I just wanted a little refreshing, and perhaps a suggestion for a new product or two that might lead me to thoseread 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
I’ve recently been exploring more deeply different kinds of meditation, including a classic of the Buddhist tradition called metta, or loving kindness, meditation. The basic principle is that over time, you extend thoughts of well being (happiness, safety, health) outward, starting with yourself and moving towardread 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
