In my long struggle with misery, quite by accident, I discovered the mental equivalent of physical exercise. I found that one can deliberately effect life-changing mental changes with simple training exercises... if you will, bicep curls for the mind. Chade-Meng Tan was not always a happy guy. It was a skill he had to
What is Ayurveda? What is Ayurveda? It's a question I am frequently asked. Ayurveda, meaning "the science of life," is the sister science/medical side of Yoga and is considered the most complete system of natural healthcare in the world today. This 5,000-year-old model of medicine provides us with a unique opportunity to understand ourselves as a part
Slow it down. Make it simpler. Make it softer. What is serving you today? Slow it down. Make it simpler. Make it softer. What is serving you today? These are some of the cues being lobbed at the twenty plus yogis gathered in the sun-splashed practice room at Bow Street Yoga in Somerville's Union Square.
All of our songs are prayers in my mind. Last Thursday evening, I found myself where the hippies sway with the yogis, and the songs being sung are actually really prayers - transported to some higher ground in the heart of the city at Boston's Wilbur Theater. The occasion? The uncompromising Trevor Hall, live in concert.
Some of the cast and crew at Sadhana Yoga You'll find the all new Sadhana Yoga tucked along Worcester Street, among the artisnal shops and restaurants of the city's South End neighborhood. The team there likens the yoga center to an "urban oasis" offering a broad selection of classes to meet most any style of
Jack Lenor Larsen founded his own textile design company in 1953. Today, the Larsen name is "synonymous with exquisite woven fabrics, epitomizing the point at which modernism, craft and technology intersect". In their Vows series, the New York Times recently featured a hand-forged stainless steel mango fork whose design (which pierces the stem end
Both yoga and writing are a practice, a salve, and an exploration. A way to connect us more deeply to ourselves, make sense of our human experiences and, in sharing our own voice and journey, connect us more directly to others by way of our shared humanity. Our life experiences are part of our
There are some heartbreaks that become impossible to mend. Some hurts impossible to heal. To say that the film Manchester by the Sea explores this theme is only a small part of the emotional complexity of this excellent film. We follow the film’s main character, Lee Chambers, played by Casey Affleck, as we witness him at
As we learned from the events of this past week, we get what we get... and, oftentimes it's not what we want. In his weekly (Insight Meditation Communtiy of Berkeley) dharma talk, Awakening Joy (Parallax Press, 2012) author and Buddhist scholar James Baraz shared an alternative to the often habitual contracting that arises in response to the unpleasant experiences
Music... the universal elixir. It sports the dual powers to both inspire a digging deeper and also usher us into an inner quiet. In our winters and our summers, through shadow and in light we turn to music for its many healing properties. This week we invite you to tuck these three tracks into your playlist. Perfect companions