Sessions with Maggie: (Her name has been changed to protect her privacy) Maggie is 86 years old. I’ve worked with her once a week since 2006. For the last two years we have worked virtually as I moved out of New York City during the pandemic. When I started working with Maggie she informed me…
I had just gotten back from a week long meditation retreat where I spent 8 hours each day meditating and watching the changing nature of everything–sounds, thoughts, physical sensations, when I noticed an email in my Equinox email inbox about a manager needing to speak with me imminently regarding my 12pm Wednesday class at 76th/Amsterdam.…
I’m involved in an ongoing mediation class/discussion group at New York Insight called Conscious Living Conscious Working. I love it. We meet every two weeks to discuss how our practice is going and for the teachers to introduce the next topic in the progression of Buddhist Philosophy for daily journaling and overall contemplation. We started…
My interest and relationship to Pilates and Yoga started from activities in my childhood that resulted in serious trauma to my body. I started dancing at age 6 and by age 13 experienced symptoms of chondromalacia patella, in which the cartilage on the undersurface of the knee deteriorates and softens. This condition often arises from…
I’m going to get personal for a moment and it might sound like I’m complaining. In 2013 I lost my grandmother to Pancreatic cancer, my grandfather to unknown causes, our family home of over 60 years, my boyfriend of 2 years, my apartment, and my dog. There were also countless wonderful occurrences in my life,…
