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Beginning: The Road Back to Balance is Paved by the Breath

Posted in health, healthcare, meditation, science, self-help, yoga, tagged on July 2, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“The path from imbalance back to balance is a labyrinth.” ~ Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya I arrived in Florida yesterday after a too-long flight and after too many months without a vacation. I didn’t realize just how tired I was until I was on the bus to the airport. I felt out of balance; the past [...]

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Beginning: Operation Warrior Wellness Strives to Bring Transcendental Meditation to 10,000 Veterans

Posted in community, community service, health, healthcare, meditation, military, tagged on June 8, 2011 | 2 Comments »

“1% of the U.S. population serves in the military; that 1% is protecting the other 99%.” ~ Ed Schloeman, Vietnam Marine Veteran; Co-chair Operation Warrior Wellness I was invited by Kaitlyn Roberts at Social Radius to attend an event at Urban Zen in honor of Operation Warrior Wellness New York City. Operation Warrior Wellness has [...]

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Beginning: Further Details About the Future of My Company, Compass Yoga

Posted in business, career, meditation, yoga, tagged on May 23, 2011 | 9 Comments »

In the past week, I have started to put together a business plan that will facilitate my goal of working on my own business full time. The admission of this goal has been a long time coming; for years I have tried to figure out what a lifelong career working for someone would look like [...]

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Beginning: My First Meditation Class at New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

Posted in meditation, tagged on April 23, 2011 | 3 Comments »

I first heard about the New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care (NYZCCC) at the Integrative Healthcare Symposium in March. On Monday, I visited the center and attended my first meditation class and dharma talk. We talked about living a dual experience, an especially relevant topic as we sift our way through these confusing times. [...]

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Beginning: By-donation Yoga Workshop on the 5 Elements of Chinese Medicine and Yin Yoga to Benefit the Nonprofit Blissful Bedrooms

Posted in health, healthcare, meditation, nonprofit, yoga, tagged on April 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »

I put an ad up on Craig’s List last week looking for volunteer yoga teachers who would like to be matched to nonprofits to offer free yoga classes through the Compass Yoga program Karmi’s Angels. I received a lovely email in response to the add from Joyce Cobb, a Structural Yoga Therapist and committed civic [...]

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Beginning: Yoga and Meditation – Curing Insomnia, Making Peace with My Dad, and Gaining Real Daily Confidence

Posted in meditation, yoga, tagged on April 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »

If ever there was time in our history when the world needs every ounce of creativity from every corner, it’s now. Our environment, governments and healthcare and education systems are just a few of the areas of society that desperately need reinvention. We must begin to look for solutions with new eyes and unwavering confidence [...]

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My Guest Post on CrazySexyLife.com: How Yoga & Meditation Will Help Us Create a Brighter, Better Future

Posted in blog, guest blogger, meditation, writing, yoga on April 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Today I have a guest post on Kris Carr’s incredible blog CrazySexyLife.com. A series of fortunate events this year led to this post as I’ve been exploring ways that yoga and meditation can create a better world for all of us. My mission this year has been to get yoga and meditation to more people, [...]

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Beginning: A Meditation to Take You Home

Posted in home, meditation, tagged on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I wrote a post about one of my students at New York Methodist Hospital. In it I referenced a meditation technique that taught, and I got some emails from readers asking if I could send the technique to them so they could practice it at home. For your reading and practicing pleasure on this [...]

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Beginning: Finding Your Way

Posted in happiness, home, hope, meditation, yoga, tagged on April 4, 2011 | 6 Comments »

“Blessed is the person who finds what she’s meant to do with her life.” ~ Sonia, one of my meditation students at NY Methodist Hospital and a caregiver I met Sonia at NY Methodist Hospital this past week during one of my meditation sessions in the Physical Rehab Unit. She is from Croatia and is [...]

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Beginning: Summary of SXSW Presentation ‘Taming the Monkey Mind: Yoga and Creative Focus’

Posted in meditation, SXSW, yoga, tagged on March 19, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Being a presenter at SXSW was an incredibly exhilarating experience. I get a little teary eyed when I think about how awesome it was to be there. I cannot thank the dedicated SXSW team enough for all of their hard work and their generosity in having me be a part of such an incredibly talented [...]

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