WHEN I WAS 12, I read the book The Giver by Lois Lowry. A sort of Brave New World for the tween set, it’s about a confined society in which everything is Just So all the time. It’s a society that’s been converted to “sameness” – a plan...
The nervous system is like a dragon you can ride...if you get slow enough. Click To Tweet One day back in early January, I saw a post from today’s guest that said something unnerving: that every single woman she’d worked on (she’s a bodyworker) since...
I’m no stranger to sweat therapy: I hit the gym on the regular. My running shoes are practically a second set of feet. I’ve never been one to turn down a chance to get down (dog) – heck, I’ve been teaching spin classes since people thought it meant you go to a...
It’s been two weeks in my new home across the country, and I’ve felt a shift happen. An actual, physical shift. In my body. It feels good. It sounds superficial and petty, but it’s not: the way I feel is directly linked to the way I carry myself in...
“I can’t do that kind of yoga. It’s too slow.” She stared at me with an ice sheet over her eyes, a look that darted back and forth and when it hit me it seared right through and past me. If you do yoga every day, or every week, how is this kind...
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