We humans favor the familiar. We gravitate to what we know. Familiarity is the nostalgic tale on intimacy’s lips, and we love it, never tiring of the story. Intimacy whispers to our lost sense of connection, telling us the most important thing we need to know – that everything is going to be all right…. Read More
Chicago: Winter… Many Moons Ago. I just graduated from college and I’m terrified. I’m no more ready to take care of myself or take on the world than climb Everest. I live with my college sweetheart in a dilapidated cockroach-infested apartment building on Chicago’s near north side – affectionately known as the Gypsy Hilton. Bobbi… Read More
When life hands you lemons… ask for oranges. I had this thought this morning. Of course I don’t simply mean to wish for something better. But on a very deep level most of us are conditioned, or hard-wired, to expect what we are getting; so, of course we get what we expect. Changing this requires… Read More
The asanas and kriyas we practice in yoga are designed to return our bodies to their original, expansive, unencumbered form – free of the years of misguided, image-based, fear-based posturing – free of the stiff and weighty armor we have unconsciously taken on over the course of decades, in what we assumed to be tiny… Read More
The story of Pollyanna tells of a young girl who, after her father’s death, goes to live with her wealthy aunt. Upon Pollyanna’s arrival, the dispirited people in the town miraculously become joyful and healthy simply by interacting with her. Over the years, the term Pollyanna has come to refer to a person who is… Read More
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