Yoga Journal
- Yoga Journal
- August 2009
- grounded traveler
The sign by the tip jar in one of my favorite cafés reads: "Fear change? Leave it here." And for years I gladly emptied my pockets. Yoga teaches us about impermanence, but no matter how many hours I logged in class, change and I remained uneasy companions. I often joked to friends that I needed to be fired, dumped, or evicted before I could let something go—especially when there wasn’t something else waiting in the wings. And then it happened. I lost a lucrative writing contract, my boyfriend broke up with me, and my landlords threatened me with eviction—all in a single season.
- Yoga Journal
- June 2009
- time to eat
Last year, after some heavy heartache and several months on the "breakup diet," I found myself unable to face another handful of trail mix and in dire need of some home cooking. I signed up for a series of conscious-cooking classes taught by San Francisco chef and yoga instructor Jeremy Moran and certifi ed Ayurvedic practitioner Abbie Scianamblo, and set about rebuilding my relationship with food.