I took two naps yesterday. I could barely form a thought, let alone write a blog post. I felt little down. And I felt guilty and weird about feeling let down. But then in the afternoon, coaching a writing client, we were talking about how fighting yourself never works and I thought, “That’s what I’ve [...]

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I said I would share a story today about the power of moving the body… what was I thinking? Today is how-can-anyone-not-be-voting day? Today is how can anybody-get-any-work-done-day? Today is I-get-why-democracy-is-worth-dying-for-day. Today is history-making. Today is hope-making. Today may be the day in which we collectively begin to turn away from fear-mongering and begin to [...]

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When I get scared, I stop moving, which makes me feel much less comfortable and much more afraid. This is the first part of an essay originally published in Body+Soul a few years back.  It popped into my mind during yoga because I was so proud of myself for being on my mat again, for [...]

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Halloween is my favorite holiday (besides my birthday). Particularly this year because I need, we need, a ritual way to blow off a little steam! To let loose some of our fearful energies. To shimmy out some anger and dread and what-is-going-to-happen-on-Tuesday tension. Halloween is your chance to creep up on the very idea of [...]

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