In the end, they got me with the tote bag. Back when I fled the publishing industry, I went through a period of radical cleansing of all ties with the publications I used to regularly consume for work (and sometimes for pleasure). This included Theread more
Growing up as a dancer, I always wondered what masochistic individual decided to put battements at the end of the ballet barre sequence. After fatiguing all of my leg muscles through endless pliés and tendus and other warm-up exercises, now you wanted me to kickread more
My body knew when we were about three-quarters through class: butterflies would arrive punctually in my stomach in anticipation of moving to the wall for handstand as soon as my teacher—a tall, graceful former dancer—returned to the front of the room to demonstrate. His six-foot-plusread more
Even After All this time The sun never says To the Earth, “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights The whole sky. —Hafiz Hurricanes, earthquakes, eclipses—oh, my! April has arrived with quite a flourish, and I hope that youread more
“Bloom where you’re planted.” —The Buddha How do you show up for yourself? If you haven’t asked yourself this question lately—or ever—you’re in good company. Although I’ve been practicing self-care for decades, and even chose to follow it as the path of my life’sread more
How did you spend the end of 2023? On the heels of exciting emotional and spiritual healing in the fall, I was gifted with one more chance to confront my biggest challenge: my own mind. They say that God doesn’t give you things you can’tread more
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
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
Ayurveda is all about having just enough of what you need, which can make it hard when people want to buy you gifts. There’s nothing wrong with acquiring things that make you happy without a specific purpose, but we can also derive a lot ofread more
