Yoga is for
Every Body
The Guru is not just one man in a robe, a beard, and sandals. The Guru is a lineage that spills all pervading Grace down the centuries through embodied channels, where it can flow in a more concentrated form, and pour into your heart. That stream of Grace ignites the...
Tibetan Singing Bowls During the Covid Era, I find myself with a lot of time on my hands for random activities. Not that I get anything accomplished. All of 2020 has seemed fluid, as if we're floating in a sea of confusion. But I have a new book to promote--Take a...
Did you know that playing a musical instrument makes you smarter? And not just for children! It's never too late to start taking music lessons. Studying music helps to improve cognitive abilities--things like language based reasoning, short-term...
Wow! Look at that expansive mouth! You can just imagine what kind of sound will come out of that mouth--a big, resonant, glass shattering beller! ; It takes a really strong body to sing in that powerful way. One of my favorite quotes from my days studying opera is one...
The idea for Stretch and Sing came to me in the fall of 2015. As usual in my creative endeavours, I pulled it out of thin air. I didn't really have a firm plan. It seemed to me that seniors --now that I am one-- need more opportunities to move and...
Guru Poornima is the special day during the full moon of July when devotees take time to honor their holiest of holys--their Guru. Gu is a Sanskrit term meaning darkness, and Ru is another Sanskrit term meaning remover. So the Guru is the one who "removes the...
Yesterday I had such a wonderful surprise. A couple from Chicago, Floyd and Arlene, whom I hadn't seen in 16 years, decided to come by the cottage for a visit. We called some other folks who were friends, and we all met at the beach for a swim and a time to catch up....