A Summer Full of Yoga
Keeping up with all the exciting developments since the beginning of this year has been a welcome challenge. By the end of summer, you’ll see the fruits of my labor in three glorious areas: Yoga Retreats in Puglia This summer I’ll be back in Puglia planning my 2013 retreats there. Yoga in Italy might just …
No Diagnosis Needed.
Jonah Lehrer, author of the new book Imagine: How Creativity Works, recently wrote a fantastic piece for Wired magazine called, “Trials and Errors: Why Science is Failing Us.” The entire article is worth a quiet, concentrated perusal. The section of greatest interest to readers of this blog may well be the section on back pain. …
Mindfulness. Changing the Experience of Pain?
This piece by Elizabeth Landau on CNN.com is a beautiful account of how mindfulness can change the shape of both physical and emotional pain. Back pain is the type of pain that I see and work with most frequently. When a person is experiencing pain–or is accustomed to feeling pain–the mind runs amok with negative …
Dr. Brene Brown – Vulnerability & Love
This brilliant TED talk by Dr. Brene Brown of the University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work reveals such important truths about our world today. Every single point that her research (and personal experience) reveals leads us to the importance of vulnerability in everyday life. Vulnerability is not honored in our society. In fact, …