Hi friends, I’m writing to you this week as I visit with my oldest and closest friend, who lost her dad, Aziz, this week to dementia. I’ve known her family since I was 7, and our families spent a lot of time together growing up. They are chosen family to me. Aziz was a really fun person. He was a sweet, and loved to tease people. His humor is what I remember most. Towards the end, he couldn’t verbalize anymore, so he would make faces at people to make them laugh. He also worked as a...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Hi friends, At the retreat center I was recently at in Costa Rica, the man who owns the retreat center gave us a “longevity talk.” It was filled with gimmicky, on-trend treatments that were available for purchase at the center. He spoke with passion, zeal, and confidence, and all I could think was: this man is deeply afraid of death. Okay, well I had other thoughts too, but the main one I want to focus on is related to a question I got once from a student in a workshop: what have you given up...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi friends, I’m coming to you on just the other side of my cleanse. I feel like my body has processed and released some emotional residue from the past year (and gotten into a layer of even deeper stuff). Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, and talked about in my yoga classes, is that we don’t have to clearly intellectualize what we are releasing. With attention, intention, and space, we can shift. Cleansing gives the body a break from so much physical digestion, and allows it to...
over 1 year ago • 4 min read