Flow Stretching
As essential as it is for maintaining better movement, stretching doesn’t often make it into a daily routine. Most people want to…they just don’t know which stretch to do and how long and which routine to follow. Sure, getting to a yoga class can be great, but that would involve getting out of the house [...]
Your daily hour of sensuality
You’re doing it anyway. Every day. Every hour. Every second. You see the colors, the movement. You hear voices, footsteps, wind. You feel the texture of your clothes or the air on your skin. Taste your saliva, the lingering flavors of your last meal. Smell flowers, food. Your senses are active all the time, [...]
ChiWalking: Cultivating effortless movement
Danny Dreyer is a guy who never claimed to be a great runner. But what he teaches is a way to walk and run without risking bodily harm. My past running efforts usually resolved themselves into shin splints and low energy. What’s the point of that? I’ve been practicing tai chi for several years, [...]
Trent’s song
Several years ago, I was part of that Internet boom, when dot coms were making the world rich with juicy IPOs. I was an associate editor, writing about everything and loving every minute. There were many minutes too – long days of deadlines mingled with the delicious cacophony of artistic personalities working, playing and philosophizing. [...]
Morning pages: A daily creative jump start
This is one of my favorite morning rituals…one that I have been doing on and off for over 10 years: Morning Pages. I found it in Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way, and I know she’s talked about it in many of her other books. Googling “morning pages” gets all kinds of great results too, [...]
Sorry you’re having trouble…
My phone rings. I pick up to that recorded female voice that informs me of wrong numbers, network errors and other cell phone issues. This time she says, “Sorry you’re having trouble. Please try again later.” Click. Wow. She’s so right. It’s like she had said, “Before you do anything, count to [...]
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