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
Happy Samhain. Before you get confused and wonder why I’m not wishing you a Happy Halloween, stay with me—the two holidays are practically inseparable. The most important of the four Celtic fire festivals, Samhain (pronounced SAH-win) is the midway point between the fall equinox andread more
I was walking across 84th Street in Manhattan the other day when I felt it. It doesn’t always accompany me on the walks I take in and around Prospect Park these days, even when I’m on my way to somewhere. It doesn’t usually enter myread more
Thursday, October 6 – Sunday, October 16 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 the processread more
For reasons I won’t get into here, I’ve recently had to adjust my routines around dish washing. To give you some context as to why this is worthy of a newsletter, I spent many years on a schedule where I’d come home after 9 pm,read more
Should I take this job? Should I commit to this person? Am I doing the right thing in my life? As adults, we often get caught up in such grandiose, impossible questions. It can be overwhelming to consider all the potential responses to these questions,read more
July 14-18, 2022 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 the process of cleansingread more
Change is the only constant they say, but this is especially true for women, whose bodies are in a constant state of fluctuation from puberty through menopause—and beyond. Each phase of the menstrual cycle and of life presents the potential for hormones to upend howread more
