It is official. I have bloggers block. Ever since I returned home I have been going though a lot of internal change and it has been hard to decide what I want to blog publicly about versus keep to myself, after all I’m not a completely open book. I’ve had a lot going on externally…
In my last post I mentioned that there is more to live for than the fear of subcutaneous fat, something that most can probably relate to. We live in a society that has demonized this very valuable and necessary tissue. We pinch it, poke at it, grimace at the sight of this harmless tissue on our…
Last weekend this picture a la Origin Magazine found itself winding its way through the pages of the internet. My immediate reaction was “Yes, get the word out!” but as I took a pause and read the flurry of activity surrounding it I realized that this montage suggests that “real woman” can’t be skinny, something…
In the days since I have been home from Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy training I have been working on reorganizing my life in a way that best serves me, both in general, in my own healing and also in a way that fits into my life. Let’s face it. I can’t just throw everything out…
Somewhere between Columbus and Vermont I lost my script. Maybe I left it at the airport in Washington, Burlington, Cleveland, or perhaps it floated out the window as I flew above the snow-capped mountains and sunset lit skies. Whatever the case I lost it and I don’t want it back. I’ve forgotten my lines and…
So much has happened since I last left you with my journey into Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy. While my initial intent was to blog throughout my time in Bristol, Vermont I quickly found that writing publicly about my experience was proving to be quite difficult. It was a jarring transition from the training environment to…
Twenty years ago the average fashion model weighed 8% less than the average woman. Today she weighs 23% less. PLUS Model Magazine came out this week with a powerful pictorial in which it claims that most runway models meet the BMI criteria for anorexia, which is considered to be under 17.5. The pictures show a…
So I said I wasn’t going to be positing until I got back. I however couldn’t resist some random humor. Last night I came across this and posted a brief blog to elephant journal: With my random thought pattern this somehow led to an internet search for variations of the words yoga guru. During that…
Welcome to the Sunday weekly round-up! Lots going on in internet world this week especially in the yoga realm! New York Times and Briohny Smyth anyone? This is going to be my last blog for a few days, until I return home from Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy training. The intensity of it all has been…
If you are paying attention in the yoga world you have probably come across the recent article from The New York Times, How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body. This article outlines the dangers of the practice of asana as it has evolved in the West. Yoga in our culture has become much about the postures,…
