I was deeply inspired by a recent email I received from teacher, mother, writer and resting advocate, Octavia Raheem. She implored me and...

Confession: I used to avoid savasana. (I know, I know. The Restorative Yoga advocate is here saying I used to skip savasana. I can hardly...

The other day a friend shared this: Does that sound familiar to you? It certainly does for me and I felt joyful about my friend’s feeling...

A long time ago when I first began practicing yoga, I took a class billed as “advanced yoga”. I remember feeling nervous when I signed up...

The other day I noticed that my daughter had moved the clock in her room. When I asked her about it she told me that the nightlight on...

I was in college studying philosophy and comparative religion when I had this revelation about myths and folklore and stories of all...

Last Sunday I had just returned home from my annual winter Restorative Yoga retreat and I was dragging my feet about unloading all of the...

Many years ago, I heard this piece on NPR about how multitasking is a delusion. We think we are doing more than thing at once but what’s...

Will and I were in the car a few days ago, about to merge onto 495 when the traffic in front of us came to a dead stop on the ramp. As we...

Jillian Pransky shares this story in her brilliant book Deep Listening. It’s been on my mind a lot lately. A Buddhist community in France...

I know I promised no more with the yoga stories about animals but I just couldn’t help myself. This is one of my favorites and it feels...

A friend of mine recently took a trip to stay at an Ayurvedic center in hopes of addressing some chronic health problems. She was on a...

I recently heard about a church group who started what they call Valentine’s Day of Compassion about 10 years ago. In an answer to the...

Jack, my oldest son, has become a serious rocker. He’s been playing the guitar for about 18 months and the list of bands whose songs he’s...

I’ve just returned from a retreat at one of my favorite places on the planet: Blue Mountain Retreat Center. There’s a funny thing that...

This weekend I pulled out the sweatshirts and flannels with great delight that the cooler weather has finally arrived. I put some...

This past month I’ve noticed a fair amount of discussion of “shows of strength”, from politics to fitness. It’s got me thinking about...

Not long ago a whole group of kids were playing after school in the neighborhood park. All of sudden, two kids came tearing out of the...

On the very first day of my spring vacation this week, I slathered up the whole family in sunscreen and spent the morning at the beach....

I once read that optimistic people are late to things. The idea, of course, is that they optimistically believe they have enough time to...