A few years ago, I KonMari’d my wardrobe and eliminated the need for separate “seasonal” storage. My primary motivation was saving space (I was in my smallest-to-date NYC apartment, where the only space for a dresser was inside my closet, so every square inch counted!),read more
There’s one gift that’s guaranteed to suit everyone’s size, taste, and budget: the gift of health. Over the past several years, I’ve been moving away from the commercialism of typical store-bought holiday gifts that lack a personal connection to their makers. Thankfully, I didn’t needread more
Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction,read more
Our culture does not have very strong support when it comes to spiritual and emotional health, which has shifted a bit since COVID but still needs a good amount of work. Everyone has a different relationship to these areas of their life, and if someoneread more
Thursday, October 12 – Saturday, October 21 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 been designed to do to stay alive. In Ayurveda, facilitating theread more
Thirty spokes share the wheel’s hub; It is the center hole that makes it useful. Shape clay into a vessel; It is the space within that makes it useful. Cut doors and windows for a room; It is the holes which make it useful. Thereforeread more
The thing about a series is that you always know what’s coming next. Comforting in some ways, but also potentially unnerving—especially when what’s at the end is at the end for a reason. That’s how I’ve felt the last few months as I’ve explored theread more
She was the single artificer of the world In which she sang. And when she sang, the sea, Whatever self it had, became the self That was her song, for she was the maker. Then we, As we beheld her striding there alone, Knew thatread more
July 20-24, 2023 *Save 15% when you register by July 7* Register 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 been designed to do toread more
Summer is described as “pitta season” in Ayurveda. With a dominance of fire and water elements, it’s the season when the border between fun and intense starts to blur (like that relative who turns a friendly board game into a battle scene, with at leastread more
