The holidays are not too far away. It's time to prepare yourself before you're busy preparing everything else. Are you looking forward to this time of joy, togetherness, and overeating? Are you worried about eating too much and ending the year with a few more pounds than you wanted? Or simply not feeling the way you want? Do not fear. …
Pumpkin Everything
From time to time, I get obsessed with something. Each October, I become obsessed with Pumpkins. I can’t help but collect the small varieties. They multiply in my house like orange rabbits or dust bunnies, occupying window ledges and taking up counter space. I love their smooth skin, the creases that gently slope up to the funny, curling stems they …
Jasmine Tangerine Age-Defying Night Cream
Jasmine Tangerine Age-Defying Night Cream Was there ever a night cream with a sexier name? I think not. It begs to be repeated: Jasmine Tangerine Age-Defying Night Cream. The words feel good across the tongue. Luckily, they’re not just words. The ingredients are as sexy as they sound. Jasmine, known as the king of flower oils, is extracted from silky …
Introduction to Pilates with Kim Reis
CORE noun, often attributive 1: a central and often foundational part usually distinct from the enveloping part by a difference in nature <the core of the city>: as a: the usually inedible central part of some fruits (as a pineapple); especially: the papery or leathery carpels composing the ripened ovary in a pome fruit (as an apple) b: the portion …
NEW Yoga Fundamentals with Sarah Robinette!
“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?” Vincent van Gogh Getting started is always the most difficult part. It is for me anyway. I know I like being up early, strolling to the pool for a swim, watching the pink of morning sun play on the edges of clouds, but it’s still hard to get …
Consistent Yoga Practice: Flavor for Life
I used to think yoga was stretching. But I also used to think mayonnaise was animal fat in a jar. I had much to learn. Merriam-Webster defines Yoga with a capitol Y as “a Hindu theistic philosophy teaching the suppression of all activity of body, mind, and will in order that the self may realize its distinction from them and …
Daily Downward Dogs Can Make Me 60% More Creative?
As if it wasn’t enough that regular exercise keeps your heart happy and body strong, Fast Company resurrects the ancient hypothesis guided by the great scholars, writers, thinkers of Grecian times that physical exercise and the consistent discipline of it actually plays a key role as ‘muse’ for creators, artists and inventors of all kinds. The key take from the …
Water Bottles Are Your Friends
Everyone knows it’s important to drink water. 8 glasses a day, some say. Others say you should take your weight in pounds, divide by two, and drink that many ounces. And others have other opinions. It’s great for your skin, your cells, and your ability to keep yourself cleansed. I encourage you to keep water with you at all times. …
Acupuncture: Get Out of Your Medicine Cabinet and into Chinese Medicine
Chinese medicine has had a long and difficult history. As early as the 6th century BC, Ye He was making diagnoses based on yin, yang, wind, rain, night, and day. It’s incredible that a methodology and practice that has healed for thousands of years is not more widely used and accepted today. What’s not as surprising is that it is …
How Not To Be A Poser
When I heard about Jay’s upcoming workshop at Root, How Not To Be A Poser, the first thing I thought was, wow—what a clever title. But, when I read the description, I saw that the title is apt as well as clever. On October 2nd, Jay is going to lead us beyond the yoga pose, and into a deeper experience …
New Class Schedule Begins!
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Yoga for a Good Swim
A good long swim is officially (at least in my book) the best way to start a day. Especially when you can do it outside under the sun. This year, I decided to take a few lessons to brush up on my strokes. Those YouTube videos are great, but there’s nothing like a real life human instructor to offer critique …