Ayurveda & Yoga

Once Conrad, our 6-year-old grandson, learned that this was my last day being 52, to which he exclaimed, “Very old!” he also asked me: What Do You Love Most? My response, evoking that joyful kind of teary-eyed response, caught me off guard. This surprise aside, I also took the opportunity to clarify that in more […]

It may rob you of the freedom to be sincere! Have you noticed that while sincerity seems to flow very naturally, a certain tension goes along with a serious attitude?  Remove the wax!   The Latin word Sincere (“sin cerae”) means “without wax”!   During Roman times, as the story goes, the claim that a

Image above: Carnival in my native land, Rio de Janeiro Brasil, is where I first heard this song. From a long-time friend passing away to my hubby’s business getting broken into and us discovering that our insurance does not cover theft, my long-waited-for Spring is not starting as light as I’d anticipated! Once this was

The Place Between Opposites, A Life-Changing Game Yesterday was a weighty day… … you know, those days when you can’t seem to use your row, instead, feel like you are gradually shrinking by their constant weight. Well, with that script running in the back of my mind, this much I knew: I’d have to make

Here is a three-part detour for a smoother entrance into a really good year. Depending on which side of the equator you are in, the climate may have you bundling up, putting on that bikini, or something in between.   As a native of Rio de Janeiro, and an L.A. resident for much of my

From my choice-making processto the functioning of my vital organs, hormones, nervous system,and so on ….. When disconnected,when only in my head,tensions roaming around my environment get absorbed into my physiology,and I become susceptible to harm. Since I am the only caretaker of this body,I check in with it gently and continuously.  The tools for connecting

Two simple exercises for the body and an essential one for the mind. What does it take to be FIT? Building muscles to become stronger and burning fat to become more agile? What else? For this brief time we have together, I invite you to explore the possibility that what it takes to experience a complete

My sweetheart just told me that although I’m turning fifty-two, he has no intention of trading me in for two twenty-six-year-olds. Phew…… Funnily, as I heard the comment, I was pleasantly brought to reflect on how there are two twenty-something-year-olds inside here! Thanks to that magic that happens over time, whether on not your sun sign

You wake up a little foggy, and as the day unfolds, you feel more and more like a slug. Yet, when all you want is to let your body release into your comfy bed in the night, your mind decides to jump around or go for a sprint. Taken up by existential questions and obsessing

I was just remembering ….. how simply elated you’d get those evenings when we practically had the beach to ourselves…..ocean, stars, the moon (sometimes in her glory), the tropical breeze…You’d run in circles on that soft warm sand while also pausing to look at me as if enthusiastically shouting “this is heaven!” It’s Spring now my little