by TAadministrator | Dec 23, 2014 | Brain, Stress
As a child I had strong intuition. I felt things intensely. I was open to the idea that there was more to us than just what we can label and see. As an 8 or 9-year-old, I remember standing in the airport bathroom en route to ski in France. I was wearing a yellow...
by TAadministrator | Dec 8, 2014 | Mindfulness
As I delve more deeply into Iyengar Yoga, I’m struck by the fierce commitment to presence of mind. I spent a weekend in November, 2014 at a workshop with Manouso Manos in Chicago, with my friend Amy. Manouso studied almost annually with BKS Iyengar for almost 40...
by TAadministrator | Dec 1, 2014 | Ayurveda, Habits
I grew up playing the drums & piano. My first mixed tape was called Tammy’s Music 1, which was made for me by my dad, from his extensive LP collection and included Bob Marley, Blondie, Aretha Franklin, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles and Police. My Dad and I...
by TAadministrator | Nov 19, 2014 | Habits
I used to parse my foods into the food pyramid groups: fats, sugars, proteins, dairy, grains and so on. Then I discovered a different way of eating, as a result of food allergies and a deep-dive into the world of Ayurveda (literally “the science of life”). I start...
by TAadministrator | Nov 12, 2014 | Mindfulness, Vision
As I navigate this brave new world as a newly-single-mother-of-three-under-the-age-of-40, aware of the fact that I have failed at one of the biggest relationships that any of us humans can commit to, I am thinking deeply about what love means. I feel that this...
