Last week I heard an NPR story that grabbed my attention. It wouldn’t let me go, and I’ve been talking about it ever since. It was about the Oscar-nominated movie Dallas Buyers Club. Reporter Neta Ulaby reported on the obstacles writer Craig Borten faced...
The Beatles swept the world by storm 50 years ago when they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. In their first set, they played “All My Loving” and “She Loves You,” and Paul sang “‘Til There Was You.” Ed Sullivan read a telegram...
There are a couple of questions people commonly ask me in yoga class. “How should this pose feel?” “Where am I supposed to feel it?” Beginners ask these questions a lot (and so do more experienced yoga practitioners when learning something new). The questioning of...
Yoga holds the promise that if I practice I can get in a yogic state where I am undisturbed by duality — good/bad, pleasure/pain, high/low. It doesn’t tell me that I have to be undisturbed to start practicing. And that’s a good thing. Because I am...
I am a dork. I always have been and I can’t help it. Even as a kid this was true. I preferred hanging around adults – asking them questions like “Who are you?” and “What are you doing?” and just play “Why?” A few of my...
