If there is a difficult subject to talk about, it's immigration. In some ways it reminds me of the subject of homelessness. Before I started working for a ho...

Looking back in time, I realized that I’ve been a yoga teacher for part of my twenties, my entire thirties, and now into my forties. Most of my teaching care...

I love Miami. I believe I live in the best place in the world. We have great spots for dining, cocktails, pool parties, beaches, arts, and more. It's amazing...

This Holiday season is the second since my mom passed away. I loved my mom to pieces but I never felt that love as strongly as I have since she has been gone...

Sound baths are going mainstream. Last week, the Today show featured one, and they are the most popular classes at every meditation studio. Some call them "m...

Things are not as linear as they might seen. I wish at times they were. Sometimes I wish I could accumulate enough wisdom to be unharmed by life’s blows. But...

A few months ago my husband and I offered a workshop on behalf of the non-profit Kula for Karma, educating medical residents at Mount Sinai Hospital in Miami...

Miami is often thought of as a great tourist destination, with amazing beaches, nightlife, restaurants, and ideal weather. An attractive destination that com...

When my dear friend and student Holly Lueders mentioned that she owned a property in Tuscany and we should go visit, in her unassuming way she didn’t convey w...

It’s impossible, at least for me, and I hope for you too, not to want to make a difference in people’s lives, to make the world a better place. Photo by John...

Your time on this planet is limited. The clock started ticking the moment your plane landed, when you arrived on terra firma through your mother’s landing st...

In Part 1 of this article I looked at the human body's electrochemical activity, how it relates to the two branches of our autonomic nervous system (sympathe...

It's common to think of a human being as flesh and blood and bones and organs -- something made of matter. It's less common to think of a human being as an e...

Once a week I sit in front of a therapist and talk about my week. The first time I walked into the office I had the choice of sitting on a chair further away...

Meditation is not only working with thoughts, or structuring yourself in a pose to look like a statue. Sometimes it doesn’t look blissful, or Zen. Meditation...

In my role as a meditation teacher I often feel like people don't get a chance to know the real me. They see a curated persona who speaks with a calming tone...

This quote sticks in my head like one of those earworms that creeps into your head off the radio and keeps popping up to annoy you and everyone around you ea...

To take the seat of a teacher... You don't need to be the most knowledgable in the world. You don't need to be the most charismatic nor charming. You don't n...

I was talking to a student, and his words to me literally were, I feel that my yoga practice has died. A part of me has gone and I don’t know how to bring it...

In a little over four months, I will turn 40. I am not there yet but I am easing into what being 40 might mean to me. The last two years leading up to my 40t...