Born and raised a Jersey Girl, my heart goes out to the people of my home state at this time of devastation. Summers at the shore were when my favorite memories were made, so when I discovered that our home there had been flooded, I was crestfallen. To drive down our street in Manasquan and […]
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How to Buy a Yoga Mat
20 years ago, I took my first yoga class and borrowed a mat- it smelled like feet and I couldn’t stop thinking about the last person’s sweat touching my face as I folded into child’s pose. I bought a mat on my way out, and haven’t borrowed one since. Depending on what type of yoga […]
READ MOREGet Rid of Desk Hunch
How many times do you go to Whole Foods, turn sideways next to a shelf, and then reach your arm overhead, gracefully arching while lengthening through your intercostal muscles to grab that box of gluten free cookies? Yeah, I thought so. Most of us spend our days plopped in front of a computer, or playing […]
READ MOREI GOT MY FIRST HATER! And Why I’m Over It….
Since launching my Xen Strength Yoga DVD, I’ve been floating around on CLOUD 9- thanks to all the wonderful people who helped me sell hundreds of videos in the first few weeks that it was released. Not only did my students and friends buy it, but I had orders coming in from Canada, Australia, and […]
READ MOREA (Gr)Attitude Adjustment
“Gratefulness doesn’t come from being happy, but happiness comes from being grateful.” Thanksgiving is like a big party at my dad’s house in Florida- 25 people eating outside at an elegantly set table overlooking the water-while kids happily jump in and out of the pool. It always goes off without a hitch, but there is […]
READ MORECommitting to Change
Thank you for meeting me here as I embark on a new adventure. I think it was just two years ago that I said to my husband; ” Please shoot me if I become one of those blogging, twittery-tweeting, facebook-posting people,” yet here I am writing a blog that contains a link to my facebook page and twitter account. Never say never!
READ MOREYOGALAND
What is it about having been a new yawker for 12 years that still makes me want to GO GO GO and DO DO DO 90% of the time? I’ve been practicing yoga for almost 15 years, and I know all about SLOWING down and turning in, and quieting the senses- but forgive me, I’m human- and I forget sometimes. That’s why at least once I year I kiss my family goodbye, pack up the 6 cd changer with an inspiring book, and hoof it to Kripalu.
READ MOREPut on Your “Big Girl Pants!”
Last week, while working with a private client, I delivered the great news that she was ready to start working on an inversion other than shoulderstand. You’d think I told her we were about to jump out of a plane! Her body language completely changed, and suddenly she had a headache- so we couldn’t possibly start that day. Clearly the thought of turning upside-down scared the crap out of her; but we needed to dig a bit deeper before throwing the idea out completely. I asked her what it was exactly that got her knickers in a twist about flipping upside-down…
READ MORELive Like A Lotus
Last month I spent an idyllic day filming a video for my Xen Strength program. My husband, and old friends from MTV, came to direct and produce, and my new friends came to count my reps and tell me when my face was shiny. I felt extremely loved, and lucky to be in a position to move forward and share my enthusiasm for the new program I developed. I went to bed, exhausted from 8 hours of hard-core shooting, but with a smile on my face nonetheless…
READ MOREThe Reality of Perfection
A few years ago I was at the beach for the weekend, and as usual, came prepared with a cold bag full of provisions from Whole Foods- a habit for which I am continually mocked by my extended family. But that’s okay, if I had not brought my organic bacon that morning, I wouldn’t have learned a very important lesson on how the media has us fooled into believing “perfection is reality.”
READ MOREDetox Debunked
Lately I’ve been having a bit of “cabbage soup deja vu.” Maybe I’m dating myself, but surely you must remember the big diet craze in the; ’80s when people ate cabbage soup for a week and claimed to have lost 10lbs. Thousands of people jumped on the bandwagon looking for that magical weight loss plan, […]
READ MOREApplying the 80/20 Rule to Nutrition
I love pancakes, I do… buttermilk pancakes, blueberry pancakes, even corn pancakes. I have yet to meet a pancake I didn’t like; which along with my fondness for ice cream, can cause quite a problem if not kept in check. But I eat those things only 20% of the time; the other 80% I am […]
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