I received an amazing parcel in the mail a few days ago..from SCOTLAND, no less, and immediately I knew from where it came. My dear friend Lesley, a fellow Himalaya Yogini from my program, massage therapist, artist, dance teacher and luminous ray of sunshine had sent me a package from her home in Scotland after [...]
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Walt Whitman’s Yoga
Posted in Buddhism, Poetry, yoga on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yogak?…Ka-yoga?…Yoga for Kayaking!
Posted in Buddhism, Exercise, Travel, eco-friendly, go local!, yoga on July 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the weather is finally cooperating, knock on wood, I’ve been able to do a lot more of one of my favorite summer activities…kayaking.
Kayaking can be an intensely athletic and competitive endeavor for some, which is wonderful, but for me, I kayak simply for the pleasure of getting my blood flowing and [...]
Spotlight: Kripalu Yoga Center
Posted in Buddhism, Exercise, Travel, go local!, spa-licious, yoga on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Now that the weekend is approaching, I would like to offer a weekend activity for all you Bostonians out there. Take a drive out to Western Massachusetts, to Lenox, and spend a day…or two…or a week, at Kripalu Yoga center.
This place is a sustainable yogi’s utopia!
I have spent numerous days at Kripalu, and a [...]
Yoga Pose of the Week: If there’s a Wheel, there’s a way…to detox…Chakrasana
Posted in Ayurveda, Buddhism, Exercise, Yoga pose of the week, yoga on July 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Chakrasana…wash away the weekend’s toxins in Wheel pose …
After a wonderfully sunny and eventful weekend filled with July fourth barbeques and fireworks, I am sure most of us are in the need of one word…DETOX.
Well, you are all in luck, because I have the perfect detox pose for you today…
Chakrasana
The name of this pose comes [...]
Mind the Gap: Mindfulness in hard times
Posted in Buddhism, Exercise, go local! on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So again, this weather is still getting me down, and I was reminded today on the Orange Line in Boston of how that posh voice on the London Tube politely requests that everyone “MIND THE GAP” before stepping off to their destination.
I love when Buddhist philosophy comes from unlikely sources, and this little reminder definitely [...]
Wandering Lotus…New bud
Posted in Buddhism on June 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »
As my first and only blog, I have very excited and nervous to write this initial post. As an avid traveler, yoga enthusiast and lover of all enlightening things, I would like this blog to be a window into unconventional ways of travel and experiencing the world.
There is beauty in the most unlikely places in [...]
