Marie Kondo, the guru of organization, encourages you to find joy in your work by purging time- wasting activities and de-cluttering your schedule. When you think of time wasters, you likely instinctively seek to limit social media scrolling. In fact, you may look for ways and apps to limit your social media use as well […]
Have you thought about what you think about your brain? Are you following the myths of the past? Or have you incorporated recent research about the brain into your daily life? “For years it was thought that the brain, once fully formed, was fixed until it deteriorated with age,” according to Norman Doidge, Psychiatrist and […]
The whole world changed with the arrival of the Corona Pandemic. None of us expected a 2020 like the one we were given when we toasted every one on December 31st. We all have been adjusting to new scenarios and circumstances and sadly, some of us are adjusting to profound loss. The losses that occur […]
It has served me well to walk through open doors and invitations. Most of the time, I have not dreamed a particular dream for myself. When given a coax or cajoled into an idea, I have not had a vision for what is being proposed to me. What I had was an inner spark that […]
Get a good night’s sleep by practicing Yoga Nidra. The latest study, titled Over Anxious and Under Slept, by renowned sleep researcher, Matthew Walker, established a causal connection between sleep and anxiety. How did he do this? Four researchers gave all study participants a questionnaire about anxiety. They were divided into two groups. One group […]
What is Yoga Nidra? An auditory tool used to de-stress you. When you can’t meditate on our own and quiet your mind, Yoga Nidra can. As a leader, I verbally guide you with how to breathe and what to visualize. Ultimately, you will be conscious of what I am saying and deeply relaxed. To some, […]
Just as you change your wardrobe to accommodate the change in temperature and climate, change is needed in your daily hygiene practices. Here’s why. From the first day of Fall, September 23rd, till the end of October, Halloween, we are in a transition period. The transition is from the warmth of the summer to the […]
There are a lot of reasons to fear running. I get it. I understand that running is not for everyone. However, I used to think that running was not for me AND I had feared running. I took a Chi-Running Workshop with Lisa Pozzoni at REI when they were located in Tempe and what I […]
My personal mission is to live my best life. For me, this means that I live with intention and awareness. I believe, as Dr. Chopra, points out, that what I attend to in life is what grows in my life. For example, if I focus on what I don’t have in life then this perspective […]