We Live Too Short
We Live Too Short and Die Too Long: How to Achieve and Enjoy Your Natural 100-Year-Plus Life Span by Walter M. Bortz II, M.D. I am always on the look … Continue readingWe Live Too Short
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Building a Happy, Healthy Future
If 40 is the new 30 and 60 is the new 40, where will we be when we’re 90? Hopefully we will find ourselves happy and healthy, but much of … Continue readingBuilding a Happy, Healthy Future
Smoothies
My favorite smoothie combines chia seed, blueberry, kale and almond milk. When we first started making smoothies at home we added yogurt to make them rich and creamy. After about … Continue readingSmoothies
Mindful Practice Makes Perfect
Any activity practiced daily with sincerity and persistence can become a personal spiritual practice. Though I am a yoga instructor, taking guitar lessons from my guitar guru is what has … Continue readingMindful Practice Makes Perfect
Search Inside Yourself
I find it ironic that I am a big proponent of cutting time on the Internet and yet I have a blog that I would like people to go online … Continue readingSearch Inside Yourself
Break-the-fast
Breakfast (break-the-fast) is a word that reminds us that it used to be common practice to fast nightly from 7 pm to 7 am. The power of our digestive fires … Continue readingBreak-the-fast
Personal Practice
Yoga teachers are told they need a personal practice that is nourishing to avoid burn out. Does a teacher who teaches yoga several times a day really need to do … Continue readingPersonal Practice
Find Happiness
Everyone wants to be happy, it is one thing we all have in common. We take full responsibility for ourselves when we recognize that nothing can ‘make’ us happy. … Continue readingFind Happiness
Proper Digestion
We are not what we eat but what we can digest properly. Heartburn, gas, belching, bloating or pain are signs of poor digestion. Rather than taking a pill to make … Continue readingProper Digestion
Daily Living as Art
As we continue our yoga journey, we deepen our practice and expand our self-awareness. This natural progression leads us toward Ayurveda. Ayu translates as “life” or “daily living,” and Veda … Continue readingDaily Living as Art
Healing Ceremonies
A how-to guide for honoring life’s milestones. We usually think of ceremonies as a way to honor the traditional list of major life events: marriage, birth, baptism, communion, graduation, retirement, … Continue readingHealing Ceremonies
72% Chocolate
My favorite quote from the 3rd Men in Black movie is spoken by Will Smith’s character Agent J. When Agent K asks him “What’s the most destructive power in the … Continue reading72% Chocolate