Happy Little Things

Excerpt from Pink Panties & Other Life Lessons (Chapter 7): I interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to bring you a brief history of yoga. Why? Why, you say? To answer, I will tell you to trust me, little cricket, for all shall make sense very soon.  Remember how mindfulness has certain stereotypes in society? Yeah, well yoga has even more. Stereotypes to the tenth power. What do you think of when you hear the word yoga? I bet the images in your head are something along the lines of crazy, bendy poses, clean rooms with soft lighting, and cool leggings...

To manifest: to make physical something that is spiritual or theoretical The idea of manifestation is not new to human society. This concept has gone by different names and titles through the ages. Some prefer to call it prayer while others focus on the term intention. Regardless of vocabulary, the idea of manifestation is to take a thought, idea, or goal and to bring it into physical existence.  We are only able to manifest an intention when we are vibrating at the same energy level as that intention. We know this from our buddy Albert Einstein: "Everything is energy and that's...

26 bones. 33 joints. More than a hundred muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The human foot is ridiculous. But, you know, in a cool way. Containing 25% of the bones of the entire body, our feet are amazing feats of engineering. Unfortunately, 75% of people have foot issues. Let's take a look at how you can nurture this important area of the body. Slow Stretching Sit in a relaxed seated or prone position. Flex the feet and feel the tension of the muscles in doing this. Slowly (but I mean slowly) move from a flexed position to a pointed position. Feel...

The year was...sometime in the 1980s. The setting was a hot, humid, outdoor summer camp in Orlando, Florida. My mood was grumpy. I did not enjoy camp. I was sweaty, the counselors were nowhere to be seen, and there was a bully on the playground. I was a teeny tiny kid, which is probably why I remember the bully as being massive. She had been getting into trouble all week long for mistreating her fellow campers. I was scared of her and she was headed my way. It will be a surprise to all of us when I tell you...

Black tourmaline is the first crystal I ever used that I wasn't in love with.  That is to say... Chrysoprase can be found in the most BEAUTIFUL hues of pale green. It makes my heart sing just to look at it! Dalmation jasper? Give me a break. A stone that has polka dots in it? Count me in! Don't get me started on Lemurian quartz. A stone that is associated with a mythological society that valued peace and progress? Yup, I want those stones everywhere in my house and in my pockets. Do you see what I mean? My previous...