This winter a new vegan restaurant called Thrive opened in the Ravenna neighborhood in Seattle. I love their menu of healthy dishes made with fresh, organic ingredients. And everything is…raw. Which in the raw foods movement means that no food has ever been heated above 118 F (48 C). Can it still be good? Actually, it can [...]

I’m lying on a table at the Vital Energy Center in Seattle, and my chiropractor has just informed me that I have an imbalance in my hip that makes my right leg slightly shorter than the other. This is part of what’s causing the lower back pain I’ve been experiencing the last month, and the loosening of ligaments [...]

I just wrote an article about starting a new career as a yoga teacher in elephant journal, and thought I’d share it here. Check out some of the other articles on their site too, they write about all kinds of interesting topics related to ‘the mindful life’: yoga, organics, sustainability, genuine spirituality, conscious consumerism, and more. Eight [...]