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The synchronicities that suck
Last week I posted about getting back in the flow of the universe, which for me is evident when I start experience a lot of coincidences/moments of synchronicity. The three I mentioned were all...
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Year 30: A review
Thursday was my office birthday celebration, which meant my manager brought in the treat of my choice (brownies!) and decorated my cubicle with the “Happy Birthday” confetti. This time last year I felt...
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Full circle
By the time this is posted on Saturday, I will be in Pennsylvania for what is shaping up to be one of the most coincidental full circles of my life. On this weekend back in 2006, as I have been...
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Returning to Rudy
It feels like it was forever and a day ago, but last month I had the opportunity to take a 2-day yoga workshop with one of my main facilitators from my Kripalu yoga teacher training, Rudy Peirce....
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A date with dancehall
Ever since the day in February 2010 when I returned from a weekend run hobbling in pain, not a day goes by that I don’t obsess about my hips. This past weekend was no different, but instead of thinking...
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My love affair with circuit training
While the rest of the fitness blogging world is out there worshiping the almighty CrossFit (“Forging Elite Fitness!”), I’m going to be a black sheep and sing a little praise for my weekly $3-a-pop,...
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Saying yes to yoga (when all you want to do is eat your feelings)
My work week ended on a not-so-good note this past Friday, and I knew that if I drove straight home from the office I’d end up eating my feelings and drinking too much beer. In fact, on my way home,...
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After 2 years, a return to Nia
I am usually gung-ho about attending any form of yoga-like dance classes, but I found myself growing nervous and nauseous as I drove to my local yoga studio this past Friday for a Nia class. I have...
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The (yoga) room of requirement
My fourth-grade teacher had a saying when she wanted her students to take her words seriously: “That’s a requirement, not a request.” Back then, it referred to remaining quiet during a test, putting...
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How vulnerable yoga became my power yoga
“This is hard, and I need help.” Those are the words that were speaking deep in my solar plexus on December 21 this past year as I stood in Warrior I during a special winter solstice yoga/dance class...
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