Here in the Northern Hemisphere, we have officially started summer. Days are at their longest and warmest, and, as the song suggests, living is easy (or at least feels that way.) How should we adap…

What does it say about our current world, that visitors to Jewish sites in Europe must first pass through metal detectors and have their purses checked?  I don’t know what I was expecting, but…

We have the best of intentions, and we take our commitments seriously.  Alas, sometimes this translates into too much for too long.  Here are four signs that you need to make changes, wit…

Can you see the progression from one limb to the next? All eight are important to our personal and planetary development.

Can you see the progression from one limb to the next? All eight are important to our personal and planetary development.

While I may believe that my life is stressful, I can agree that it pales in comparison to Hillary Clinton’s. And yet, the two of us have something in common – apparently, Clinton uses Nadi Shodhana…

While I may believe that my life is stressful, I can agree that it pales in comparison to Hillary Clinton’s. And yet, the two of us have something in common – apparently, Clinton uses Nadi Shodhana…

Strictly speaking, yoga and ayurveda are not scientific bodies of knowledge, but rather philosophies. This is because of the difference between theoretical inquiry and scientific study. The former …

Strictly speaking, yoga and ayurveda are not scientific bodies of knowledge, but rather philosophies. This is because of the difference between theoretical inquiry and scientific study. The former …

[Failure] illuminates the limits of the body and mind, not so we can overcome them through sheer force, but so we can love them more. How else can we become whole (healed) without completely embrac…

[Failure] illuminates the limits of the body and mind, not so we can overcome them through sheer force, but so we can love them more. How else can we become whole (healed) without completely embrac…

I’m going to start today’s post with an admission: I have a love/hate relationship with ayurveda, the study of the world regarded as yoga’s ‘sister science’. I’ve put the phrase in quotes because t…

I’m going to start today’s post with an admission: I have a love/hate relationship with ayurveda, the study of the world regarded as yoga’s ‘sister science’. I’ve put the phrase in quotes because t…

Yes, it’s true – we no longer remember how to relax and renew instinctively. I’ll spare you the diatribe on our rushed, always-having-to-accomplish-something-and-never-stopping-to-enjoy-life …

Forgive me for the following cliché: we are human beings, not human doings.  And yet, how often do we forget that in our busy days of checking items off our to-do lists? How many times do we a…

Forgive me for the following cliché: we are human beings, not human doings.  And yet, how often do we forget that in our busy days of checking items off our to-do lists? How many times do we a…

It’s been an interesting four months away from blogging. Did you miss me? I missed you, as I’ll share later on. I’m glad to be back, and looking forward to returning to regular blogging…