Why is Emotional Intelligence Worth Developing?
The old 1950s paradigm that a leader must ignore or suppress her/his emotional urges has been thoroughly discredited over the last 20 years of research. Instead, research shows, time and…
Earlier writing
The Practice of Self-Acceptance
Below, is an email exchange I had with a 40-something Ashtangi who read a blog I wrote a few years ago , reached out to me this morning to share what a struggle it it has been to accept…
Fasting from the News
Over the last year, I've made it a point not to turn on the news. I started noticing that I became sleepless with anxiety from the content coming in about ISIS. I realize that for many,…
The Space Between Stimulus & Response
The psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl wrote about the freedom to choose how we respond to what happens to us. A familiar quotation often associated with his work expresses…
To Everything There is a Season
Five Elements Series: Creating Transformational Breakthroughs
There is a pattern for the process of transformation. There's actually a movement to transformation, and it has one of two directions. One direction is downward. Another goes up. The up…
Living in the Here & Now
Like most mind/body therapies, mindfulness isn't exactly new. Its roots are old, but for decades, mainstream culture viewed it as alternative or plain weird. Then came a perfect storm.…
A Passionate Life
There are three yogis in a cave. They’ve been there, practicing meditation for the last 10 years. Around the tenth year, something moves by the mouth of the cave. One yogi murmurs, “I think…
An Approach to Ashtanga that Supports Aging & Fatigue
Below, is an email exchange I had with a friend in the Ashtanga community, someone who is struggling to find a way into her practice such that it supports her fatigue and depression. I…
Five Element Series Part 6: Fire Element
In the five-element tradition, fire offers a language for warmth, passion, anger and expression. This essay explores how we work with those experiences, including the limits we find…
Five Element Series Part 8: Earth Element
The Earth Element
Five Element Series Part 7: Water Element
This essay uses water as the five-element tradition’s language for depth, sadness and longing. It offers a way to explore experience through attention, movement and stillness.