You may know that the common medical advice for treating soft tissue injury is the R.I.C.E. method: Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate. Your inner child however, prefers Reinjure, Ignore, Curse, Exhort (or entreat). Sitting here in week 4 of hamstring tendonitis, I’ve come to realize, from 9 years anecdotal, strictly non scientific, non statically valid […]
Category: Inspiration
“I’m not here to torture you”, said the instructor at the minute class started. Knowing people usually say the opposite of what they’re thinking, I thought “oh shit, here we go”. I’ve wanted to try Barre for a long time, but I needed to find a female friend to take me, because I can […]
Dancing Argentine Tango for seven years, many of my classes and workshops are on perfecting the skills of being a good leader and follower. I’ve noticed many of those lessons are good for relationships in general. While men are often leaders and women followers, anyone can lead or follow, so to be as all encompassing […]
You may be familiar with various theories of the effects that the two hemispheres of our brain have on a variety of things from behavior, to psychology to biology, including the most popular that our left brain is where rational, logical processes reside and the right, creativity. This is all, of course probably not true. […]

You’re about to learn more about your “pelvic floor” than you thought was possible or maybe even what a “pelvic floor” is and how squeezing your anus can change your life. Or at least, your pelvic floor. Irresistible title, I know. Not long ago, In October of 2015, I wrote “Ashtanga Yoga – A […]
One of my yoga instructors is enamored with “dragon sequence” which I have, just this evening renamed “my ex sequence”. Allow me to explain . Since describing the dragon wil take more words than I’m wiling to write and certainly you to read, here is an instructional video. Just a few points not to mislead, […]
Warning: This may NOT be funny. This blog is about “Gratitude”. ” and I don’t know that I can make this funny. April 22, 2015 is my two year anniversary of going to ZUMBA class. (And a little over 6 years of tango and almost 7 of yoga, all while gradually changing my diet and […]