Saturday * January 19, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: I’m in beautiful San Francisco today for the Yoga Journal Conference. It is such a delightful place to be – right at Embarcadero Center by the water. For lunch, I walked a few blocks to the pier and almost filled up on samples of food before I sat…
Buzz
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Health Care
Friday * January 18, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: Over the last two days, I attended the Integrative Healthcare Symposium 2008 in New York. Formerly the CAMEXPO, this gathering brings together top-notch experts in integrative healthcare, from MDs and NPs, to nutrition specialists and acupuncturists. Although this field has been around in the U.S. for a few…
Gingerly Good
Thursday * January 17, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: Today I had lunch with John Weeks, Publisher/Editor of The Integrator Blog and the Executive Director of the Academic Consortium for Complementary and Alternative Health Care (ACCAHC). His beautiful daughter joined us for Thai food in New York. Born and nurtured as part of the 501c4 Integrated Healthcare…
The Edge
Wednesday * January 16, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: Yesterday, I participated in a Fitness Challenge sponsored by the New York City Department of Health. It was a part of their Shape Up New York initiative – a program for the whole family offering free exercise classes and activities throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx. I teach…
Time Check
Tuesday * January 15, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: It’s 15 days into the New Year. How is it going? My mom always reminds me that time will simply go by no matter what you do. In other words, you might as well live with intention. In fact, if you really want to accomplish specific things in…
Health Rules
Monday * January 14, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: The title says it all! Actually, that title can be misleading. It can be read as “the rules for better health” or “it’s amazing to be healthy (like… you rule!)” I prefer the latter, but the former is what made me think of the title. There was an…
Day of Rest
Sunday * January 13, 2007 MAIN MUSINGS: Since today is my day of rest, I’m simply going to share inspiration again from one of my favorite authors, Og Mandino and his book, The Greatest Salesman In The World: I will greet this day with love in my heart. And how will I confront each whom…
Yoga Party
Saturday * January 12, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: I just gave a yoga party at the Ta Yoga House. Earlier today, I told my brother what I was about to do and he said that it conjured up a picture of a bunch of women sitting in the lotus position eating trail mix. It’s not quite…
A New View
Friday * January 11, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: What is your life view? What have you decided to see today? I studied photography as a Studio Art (and Sociology) major at Wellesley College and even spent time in Rome with Rhode Island School of Design. I used to love playing around with the camera shutter speed…
Dare to Be Different
Thursday * January 10, 2008 MAIN MUSINGS: This evening, I attended a reception at the home of Congressman Edolphus “Ed” Towns who represents Brooklyn’s 10th Congressional District and is currently serving his 12th term in the US House of Representatives. The intimate event was hosted by The Women’s Caucus to celebrate the honorees for the…