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Things are pretty weird right now.  I hope you're staying safe.  I'm praying for all of you.  My main goal every day is to stay in a bubble of grace and joy.  Living in the country, I don't have the same challenges that other people living in cities have, and I feel...

I was in a junior in high school when Betty Freidan’s book, The Feminine Mystique, was first published. Little did I know that I was living the struggle for emancipation from that mystique.   When I went to college, I took a stand for my creativity and...

Well, yes, I am getting older. You can see it in my eyes. But, that means I'm getting wiser too. I'm getting smarter about what I spend my time doing. Someone I admired once told me "Whatever you say 'yes' to, you're saying 'no' to something else. And recently I...

My family has a summer cottage in Southwest Michigan, right on the lake, where I’ve been spending summers since I was a child. It’s an idyllic site, private and serene, and I think I started meditating on the beach when I was very young. Swimming was my saving grace...

To the reviewer on Amazon who ridiculed my "tree" pose--with love

Around 5,000 years ago, the ancient yogis began to lose their capacity to memorize the scriptures by word of mouth, and there became a need to write things down for future generations. The sage, Sri Patanjali, began the process of articulating the basic ideas about...

This is the time of year we all set intentions--resolutions for a new you. Usually they're overridden by our innate laziness and human frailty, but there's a way to work on transformation that is more successful than a random wish for sobriety and weight loss. In...

I was hoping to come to Yogaville over the weekend, but things came up and my workshop was cancelled.  There are lots of other wonderful things happening in Yogaville, so if you're within driving distance, I highly recommend you take a trip so visit an authentic Yoga...