The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, the significance of which humanity has celebrated culturally for thousands of years. This year I took an active part in this celebration as a yogi and had the honor of teaching in the Times Square Alliance and
Athleta sponsored Solstice Times Square event in […]
It’s funny the way things always come full circle. I can remember taking one of my first yoga classes at Rodney Yee’s Piedmont Yoga Studio in Oakland, CA in 1998. I paid the $12 cost for class in cash (imagine, that was a lot for me then!), and put it […]
There is so much truth in the feminist position that asserts: when women are well, the whole of society benefits. It was such a treat to teach the women who came to class in Brooklyn at Welancora Gallery in Bedford Stuyvesant today. So far the group is tremendous: beautiful women (all African […]
I love coming home. This is ironic since I basically ran away to a Connecticut boarding school at age fourteen with hopes of finding Mrs. Drummond and the girls of the 80s sitcom The Facts of Life. I longed to escape the depressed city (for Black people) of Milwaukee, WI and thereby disappear into […]
People who fall in love with yoga tend to get obsessed with it. They observe dynamic changes in their bodies and it excites them. They experience more freedom in the way they feel overall, and the euphoria around this achievement can’t be beat. These are also the students who will […]
All the work I do throughout the year to maintain mind, body and soul balance is tested during the holidays. How easy it is to avoid excess when there are no Black Friday retail sales or stacks of pumpkin pies in the grocery stores reminding me that ’tis the season […]
Fall is my favorite season. As a periodic schoolteacher and perpetual student, September typically marks the beginning of the school year, when sentiments of excitement and anxiety about taking on a new challenge converge, and require a more grounded temperament. The shift from hot summer to subdued, cool fall is […]
Just so we’re clear, it is not uncommon for me to transform instantly from a composed and graceful woman into a wet sobbing mess. Today was one of those days. Granted, I was at a wedding, so tears, even watersheds are common from wedding guests and friends and family of […]
