Search the Darkness

I hope all of you are coping as best you can with our new current reality. I wanted to share with you a poem from the 13th century Sufi mystic, …

Yoga in the time of Covid-19

(with apologies to Gabriel Garcia Márquez) How many times did you wash your hands today? Have you stood on line yet just to get IN to Whole Foods or Trader …

Corona virus update

Due to the Corona virus outbreak, all of the venues at which I teach yoga have asked me to cancel yoga classes for the time being. I am now offering …

The Inner Practice of Yoga

I just returned from a 4-day retreat in Austin, Texas, with my teacher, Gary Kraftsow. At this retreat, we explored different schools of thought that emerged from the Vedic period. …

Got arthritis? Get moving! (Part 2)

In my last post, I listed a few reasons to move if you have arthritis:  Movement increases circulation which can help decrease inflammation improves range of motion strengthens muscles improves …

Yoga and Science

Is there a science behind the anecdotal evidence that yoga is good for what ails you?  I recently attended a very interesting conference about yoga and science. The presenters, who …