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MOVEMENT
The Real Elastic Fantastic
Use resistance bands to make your muscles work in new and different ways
Surprise, surprise: working out at home is predicted to be one of the biggest fitness trends of 2021. Already in this year, finding strength training equipment has been a challenge. […]
BODY/MIND
Wrist Watch: Warm-Ups for Overworked Typists and Yogis
Developing your active range of mobility is good for your joints
Wrist pain. Every yoga teacher hears about it, and from all kinds of students — seasoned athletes and deskbound writers alike. I’ve had it, too. I think we’ve all paid […]
MOVEMENT
Put Your Best Foot Forward
Your hooves work hard; it’s time to give them some love
Feet are unsung heroes. They carry you for thousands of steps a day. And when you walk or run, every time your foot hits the ground, it’s loaded with an […]
BODY/MIND
Mapping Your Center
Get grounded by drawing an imaginary line between your body and the Earth
I’ve been sitting on the couch a lot, looking at my phone, and balancing my laptop on my knees. In the past, I probably would have felt bad about this, […]
MOVEMENT
Plan Your Cold Weather Workouts Now
It takes grit and gear to keep going through winter
Although we’ve had a lovely fall, winter is surely on its way. If you find that with the first brisk breeze you’ve already started giving in to the idea that […]
BODY/MIND
Rest Can Be Part of Your Resistance
Restorative yoga is not a nap, but a complement to all the action
It feels like just yesterday that we were all holed up, arguing on Facebook about opening up for the summer season and wondering what would happen. And then it did. […]
MOVEMENT
Does Your Home Work Station Need a Check-up?
Good ergonomics to keep your body working for you
Back in March, you set up your laptop on the dining room table and the kids took to the couch with their devices. You figured you could make do — […]
BODY/MIND
In the Spirit of Sangha, Don’t Go It Alone
With Covid depleting our social capital, mutual aid is good for your health
“See you Friday night at Sangha!” Hugh said to me on the way out the door. I looked at the schedule on the back of my manual and sure enough: […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
In Virgo Season, Be Ready for a Half Sweet, Half Salty Harvest
The mood is sunny and soothing, but with a bite
Virgo season is upon us, and with it, the season of the harvest. Virgo’s crop is mainly nightshades, like potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers. Their genus, Solanum, may refer to their […]
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING
Don’t Riot, Dance
In a time of disparagement, we need resistance fired by love
Some folks are legends, some are magic, some magnificent. Terry and Jo Harvey Allen, longtime residents of Santa Fe, N.M., are all that and more. A brilliant songwriter, Terry has […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
A New Moon in Leo Can Get You Loved and Lauded
Try not to let real life burst your bubble
The momentum of this week culminates in a New Moon in Leo. Who doesn’t revel in extended moments of admiration and praise? Yet what becomes of such gaudy lauding when […]
BODY/MIND
Practice Makes Practice
A dedication to learning, instead of to perfection
“Practice makes perfect” or “10,000 hours to become an expert” — we like to believe that if we do something long enough, we conquer it. Then we can set it […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Finding Your True North in a Tilting Cosmos
The only thing worth being is yourself
Our Sun signs, along with the rest of our charts, are imprinted at birth in that first moment of independent existence. We are free to begin the process of personality […]
NAVIGATING BY THE STARS
Will a Full Moon in Aquarius Help Love Steer the Stars?
Leo’s ‘look at me’ energy gets some groovy opposition
Every 29½ days, the Moon goes full in the sign directly opposite the Sun, currently in Leo. Full Moons are an exercise in self-examination and this full Moon, in Aquarius, […]
