This past week was really busy, and I survived mostly on microwaved frozen vegetables and brown rice tortillas. But you can only eat so much frozen broccoli in your life, and over the weekend I started looking at some cookbooks and food blogs for inspiration. I came across a great blog called Aayi’s Recipes, which […]

One of my yoga teachers once read the poem “The Invitation” by Oriah Mountain Dreamer at the end of class, and it has since been one of my favorite texts. We spend so much time being concerned with the small stuff, but what really matters at the end of the day?
The Invitation 
From http://www.oriahmountaindreamer.com.
It doesn’t interest me what […]

Yoga is usually not considered a political activity. Yogis are peaceful people more interested in headstands and meditation than in Washington, right? Yoga people are actually surprisingly involved in the political scene. For example, there were two Yoga for Change events in Seattle this past month. One at 8 Limbs Yoga Centers and another one at […]

I have a terrible track record with yoga mats. My Jade Harmony mat is shedding green rubber all over my clothes and the floor, leaving a trail every time I practice. I have only had this mat since June, and I was really hoping that the natural rubber would last a little longer than thinner […]

Take one skeptical yoga guinea pig (Nick Rosen) and send him around the world to learn about yoga, and you get what sounds like an interesting documentary. The film maker Kate Churchill is out to prove that yoga can transform anyone, sending Nick on a yoga exploration for 6 months. I like that Nick is […]