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The Artist’s Way: Tap Your Creativity
26 Jan 2009 ~ 3 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
Recently I dug up a favorite old book, The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron. Have you ever read it? It’s basically a 12-step program for recovering non-creative types. Or to put it another way, a revolutionary book that taught me how to tap into my own latent artist. We all have one ya know…an artist [...]
IO Wellness Workshops
08 Jan 2009 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • yoga
The time has come for us to dive deeper into our commitment to beauty and wellness from the inside out. With that, I’m thrilled to introduce our upcoming IO Wellness Workshops for 2009. Since 2002, we’ve offered exceptional yoga and movement-based workshops at IO, but this year we move beyond our old paradigm and expand [...]
What Inspires You?
06 Jan 2009 ~ 8 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
A brand new year, resolutions, the presidential inauguration any day now – never a better time to look ahead with hope and idealism. It’s also a ripe opportunity to reflect on past experiences and people that have inspired us and instigated reflection and personal growth in our lives. In my own life, inspiration often comes [...]
2009: Resolve to Look Ahead with Positivity
31 Dec 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
Here’s an inspired twist on making New Year’s resolutions: Over the next few days (or even on New Year’s Eve – why not?) take time out to meditate on where you’d like to see yourself by the end of 2009. Envision changes you’re eager to make in all of the different areas of your life [...]
This Holiday Season…Take Time for Number One
17 Dec 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • face • mind • wellness
This time of year it’s so darned easy to get pulled into the holiday momentum in a not so healthy way. Are you feeling obligated to attend every last get-together while simultaneously crunching in work deadlines, shopping for gifts amidst the retail mayhem, hosting family, hanging decorations and trying to do it with a tighter [...]
Beauty Secret from the IO Family Farm (OM OF NM)
17 Sep 2008 ~ 1 Comment ~ Categories: blog • eco-living • face • mind • products • wellness
As one of IO’s founders and also a child of city folk turned organic farmers, I want to share an experience I just returned from as I journeyed to the high desert of New Mexico for the harvest. Every year in the transition from summer to fall, I return to our organic farm to help [...]
Darshan: Receiving a Divine Blessing
28 Aug 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness
Last night I received darshan from Mother Meera. This holy blessing literally means “sight”, referring to a vision or connection to the divine. Born in India, Mother Meera is thought to be an incarnation of the Divine Mother (the mother of the universe in Hinduism). It is said she can tap into the “Light”, a [...]
Noble Silence & Fireworks
06 Jul 2008 ~ 2 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
While fireworks were blasting and parties were underway over the 4th of July weekend, I took a vow of silence on retreat at Spirit Rock in the hills of Marin County. It was remarkable to get quiet and go inward to meet my mental demons and angels. It was especially remarkable for me to do [...]
The Power of Reiki
25 Jun 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • body • mind • wellness
One of the gifts of my recent journey to Southern Asia was the Reiki healing that I received in Kerala, India (thanks to Dr. Kamaraj and Dr. Johnson). Reiki means universal life force energy and it’s a balancing and healing art with a broad range of happy benefits to both giver and receiver. This healing [...]
Meditation: a Must in My Bag of Tricks
21 May 2008 ~ 0 Comments ~ Categories: blog • mind • wellness
At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, meditation changed my life in less than a week. And, the benefits in 6 months have been enormous. I’ve been going out to Spirit Rock in Marin County for Monday night Dharma Talks with Jack Kornfield and friends for almost a decade, but it wasn’t until last November [...]
