I enjoyed read­ing a recent arti­cle by Maureen Dowd, NY Times colum­nist: How Garbo Learned to Stand on Her Head, which explores in a light-hearted way the per­ils (who knew there were any!) and ben­e­fits of yoga.

Many peo­ple have told me, “I can’t do yoga,” to which I inevitably respond, “If you have a body, you can do yoga.” Sure, we might not be able to put our legs behind our heads (and yes, it’s a “we” because after decades of prac­tic­ing, I still can’t) but that is not the ulti­mate goal of yoga. Read the rest of this entry »

If I could only rec­om­mend one book to any­one, it would be American Zen teacher Cheri Huber’s book, The Key and the Name of the Key is Willingness. The first page reads: “Please do not do your­self the dis­ser­vice of assum­ing that there is any­thing more impor­tant to do than just being, right here, right now, present, aware, accept­ing, atten­tive.” And with that, the book begins guid­ing the reader on a gen­tle, com­pas­sion­ate jour­ney explor­ing “the how” of mov­ing from a life of suf­fer­ing to awak­en­ing. Read the rest of this entry »