I’ve made many New Year’s Resolutions, and I’ve let them go before February even made an appearance. I’ve been far more successful with Sankalpa, the Yoga way of setting intentions, which I wrote about in Yoga Mind. Still, some of those intentions can remain just that: intentions, not actions taken. Recently, a friend mentioned Daniel […]
Category: mindfulness
A little (forced) minimalism.
Recently, my husband and I woke up to the sound of dripping water—not in our bathroom, but in the bedroom. Water was dripping from the ceiling there, and when I went into another room to get towels from the linen closet, water was streaming from the light fixture. And seeping under the stairs, from […]
What to do with those old jeans.
A few weeks ago, my husband Nathan and I were given a great opportunity to declutter: our apartment sprang several new, gushing leaks. (Thankfully, my yarn stash bag, holding all my favorite tools for MedKNITation, was safe!) We’d already been through the forced decluttering of SuperStorm Sandy, when our basement was flooded with eight feet […]
Yoga and Yarn: not so different after all.
Maybe you know me as the author of Yoga Mind: Journey Beyond the Physical , the 30-day program of spiritual tools designed to help you realize the true meaning of Yoga–not a bunch of physical poses, but feeling aligned with your values and finding your path in life. Or maybe you know me as the […]
Let’s make #KindHearts for the holidays.
Spread kindness with this simple, fun, feel-good knit/crochet meditation.