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It’s funny when you are born somewhere, like California, that has such a big cultural significance. California dreaming was an idiom and a song when I was a kid. I took it for granted. I knew nothing else, since I was born here, but California dreaming was something my dad experienced as a young man, […]
My father used to say that the indigenous Californians were less violent than the plains tribes. I didn’t think of that as a sign of a difference between the tribes themselves so much as the effect of the weather and geography of California. When you’re in California, particularly on the coast, with the sound of
Around noon I began to wonder how crazy I was to plan the long drive I was taking. The second day of 500 plus miles. Mile after mile of standing on the pedal and holding the wheel. It was uncomfortable. I wasn’t bored, though, actually. I was enjoying the drive, the country unfolding before me.
Is 700 miles too far to drive in one day? On the first day of my California spiritual journey, I drove 720 miles. I left Fort Collins at 7 a.m. and rolled into Denver to the tune of John Major playing Jimi Hendrix’s “Bold as Love” and I felt pretty good for the first three
Your first job before leaving on a geographical spiritual journey is to make sure you and the equipment are ready. But tonight as I prepare to leave, the car is out of gas. And I am rushing around the kitchen, making pizza. Thinking that I will eat some now and some tomorrow. And some when
What is the plank exercise challenge and what could plank pose do for you? Plank pose helps you have a flat stomach, lose weight and walk gracefully. This week during conference night those of us who don’t do conferences came up with the idea of plank exercise challenge. I was with the specials team (that
“How many minutes of pilates a day” and “is 20 minutes of pilates a day enough” are great questions for those of us who want to be fit. Because exercising is probably number one in my plan for having good health. Now I have to admit … I’ve only done Pilates once. It was offered
Will tea break a fast? And how I maintained my weight all these years … drinking tea All this noise about intermittent fasting has brought forth the question of what, exactly is fasting? In a world of so-called “cheat days,” are there cheat foods for fasting diets? First: Will Tea Break Your Fast? First of
Bikram Yoga changed lives and revolutionized studio practices. Without doubt there was misconduct. Yet many yogis feel they owe him a debt for his hot yoga practice, even as they question his methods. Heard today in the studio: “Who was Bikram? Isn’t he sort of controversial?” This post will attempt to briefly answer questions about
Martha Stewart No More? Hello America I have bad news to tell you. Which could actually be good news. In the last thirty years, you’ve been sold a bill of goods about cooking. Cooking is not a game or a recreational activity. Vanity cooking has obscured a human truth. Which is that cooking is work.
