I’ve long been a fan of the hilarious “Inappropriate Yoga Guy” web series. And now Yoga Journal.com has started their very own exclusive webisodes starring Ogden. He’s the guy in yoga class who comes too close, “oms” too loud, and brags too much about his Himalayan treks eating fresh goji berries and practicing tantra in a high-altitude…

Yesterday, I tried really hard to focus on the positive aspect of losing my voice and being consigned to silence while I recover my health.  But today, as I re-read the post I thought, “Can I take that back?”  Clearly my grumpy gland is up…. I guess I won’t rescind my statement that contemplative silence…

It’s National Poetry Month!  I’m not actually that big on poems in my everyday reading life, but there is one that comes to mind when someone asks me, “what’s your favorite poem?” My junior year of high school, we studied the 16th century’s metaphysical poets, including John Donne, in Ms. Martin’s English class. I found…

Duh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh-nuh, you say it’s your birthday? It’s my birthday too, yeah! Yep, today is my birthday. And as much as I’m like, “uhg, I’m oooollld now,” I’m also excited, because, well, I love my birthday. I think it’s pretty profound to celebrate our very fact, our existing self, our birth. And incredibly rare that we…

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