It is 10:40 am, I’m sitting cross-legged in the middle of my mat and there is a block on either side of me. I’m quite proud of myself for even being here, I’ve made it to exactly three 10 am classes this year. Mornings aren’t my thing. I swing my Read more…
There was no question this Gene was doing a good thing. Fuck the puppy mills. Why does my best friend have to be a pure breed? I had to convince Clea because she had her heart set on a pug. “How superficial do you want to prove you are? If Read more…
“I bite my nails, that’s my one vice” M says. I used to bite my nails. But in my teens I was shamed into stopping. I had just started modeling and I remember a hair stylist using words like ‘disgusting’ and ‘gross’ when he looked at Read more…
Yesterday I heard someone say that they had a great Monday morning because it felt like a Sunday morning. I was immediately envious. On Monday I had to get up with the alarm even though my body wasn’t ready, I had residual irritation from the overly long and underwhelming Oscar Read more…
A lot of what I learned about love I learned from the movies. This made for unnaturally high expectations. My twenties were a perpetual quest for the lightening bolt of drama and passion. Except that I shied away from confrontation. The template in my head involved overcoming crazy odds, battling Read more…
What I learned from Life this week: If you don’t use it, you lose it. Perhaps not earth-shattering news, but a truism that took me to an uncomfortable realization. In my youth I was a fashion model. Most of the time I was conflicted about it. I loved the travel Read more…
Yessssssssssss. The Year of the Snake has arrived and I’m over the (new) moon about it. I love the promise of new possibilities that come with new energies. The snake, although much maligned in Western culture symbolizes many great things beyond temptation and evil. It is a perfect symbol of Read more…
In many yogic traditions the Guru gives the disciple a mantra. They are ostensibly tailor-made. I don’t know, I don’t have a Guru. But I have had many great teachers and I’ve tried several mantras over the years. I’ve tried the Ganesha mantra for forty days at a time. Ganesha Read more…