The Type 1, Perfectionist and the Type 8, Leader might seem like opposite personality styles at first blush because their habits of attention point in very different directions. Type 8s seek power and focus on power dynamics whereas Type 1s seek improvement and focus on getting things right. Sometimes described as the Pirate and the …
Not Sure If You are a Type 1 or Type 8? Ask Yourself These 4 Questions. Read More »
Michelle Obama is the most admired woman in the United States, according to the 2020 Gallup Poll, and her husband Barack was the 44th President and first African American President of the United States. They’re an impressive couple, but what can the most admired woman and the former President of the United States teach us about …
What the Obamas Can Teach Us About the Type 1/Type 9 Enneagram Couple Read More »
My first Kundalini Yoga teacher, Siri Vedya, would always start his classes with a brief discussion about life. He would talk about practical day-to-day issues as well as more advanced philosophical concepts. While I loved the full 90 minutes of his classes, his lecture was my favorite part. One day he announced that we …
If Happiness Is Your Birthright, Your Energy is Your Passport Read More »
I love all animals but the truth is, I’m a dog person. Given my dog obsession, it is a surprise when people learn that the cats in my home outnumber the dogs. The story of how a dog lover became a cat owner is here, but the bottom line is that I live with two …
and It Was One of the Best Things I Could Have Done. I have been reading about intermittent fasting for the last year and even experimented with it at the beginning of 2020. For those unfamiliar with the topic, intermittent fasting is a way of eating that limits your food intake to specific “windows” …
I Started Intermittent Fasting During the Lockdown… Read More »
“The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” ~Lao-Tzu In most of the world, we’ve been in some sort of lockdown for the last two months. It isn’t easy. Some days are better than others, but everyone I talk with describes moments of feeling overwhelmed. We are trying many different things to …
How This Simple Three-Minute Practice Can Make Your Lockdown Better Read More »
This was originally published on TinyBudda When you’re going through hell, keep going.” ~Winston Churchill A couple weeks ago the Greek government announced that our quarantine would continue “well beyond April 6th,” the original date for which it had been set. We knew this was coming, but it was still hard to hear. And …
Beating The Coronavirus: It’s All About Endurance Read More »
This post is in partnership with Elephant Journal. Last week, I took my first live yoga class via Zoom. It’s a bit ironic, since I’ve been teaching yoga via Zoom since November 2019, but this was the first time I sat on the student’s mat and got the “in-class” experience. Like my students have been …
This post was written on March 3, 2020. I’ve updated it as of April 4, 2020. The theories around the three minds remain the same, but the data has changed. The coronavirus (CO-VID19), which originated in 2019 in Wuhan, China, has been spreading globally. It is a serious threat with over 1,100,00 known infected …
Lots of people ask “why meditate?” I’ll give a more scientific answer below, but I’ll start by sharing my personal experience. I had been taking Kundalini Yoga classes for several months before I did my first 31-minute meditation. Most of the meditations in my regular Kundalini Yoga classes were three to five minutes, and …
