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Does Serving Others Make Us More Humane?

Flashback: Houlihan’s Restaurant, Bethel Park, PA. It’s the mid-90’s and my feet are achy and sore. Hair’s done up in a bun but flyaways flutter in all directions. Cheap makeup…

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CBD Oil and My Missing Thoughts

“My thoughts are gone. I have no thoughts,” I say as I enter the ER at a small hospital in Puerto Rico, where I live. The receptionist speaks no English…

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How Do We Stay True to Ourselves?

Satya: Truthfulness. Satya is one of the yamas (restraints) of the eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga. It loosely translates to “truthfulness” or “being truthful”.   “Speak the truth that is…

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Nostalgia and Self-Reflection

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Every year it’s the same. And the older you get, the more the same it is. The food, music (UGH. Christmas carols), holiday parties, ugly sweaters, decorations, the gifts –…

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Etiquette and Civility

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I hate traveling. Especially by plane. Alas, I have to travel because I live on an island, and swimming or boating 1,000 miles would take too long. So I must…

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Top 10 Reasons to LOVE Puerto Rico

(Post originally written in 2017, with updates.) Ahhh… the island of enchantment. Since this month marks five years since I first arrived on the island of singing coquis and the…

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Ashtanga Yoga – My Panacea

June 7, 2017 I was in NYC last week for six days of morning ashtanga yoga practice with Parampara Guru R. Sharath Jois. This made my 15th full week of…

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The 1,000 Steps of India’s Chimundi Hill

You need not have eyes to find spirituality in India. It is everywhere. You can hear it – in the Vedic chants streaming eerily from the robed men and women…

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Does Appreciating Monotony Effectuate “A-Ha!” Moments?

My mind was wandering during my yoga practice this morning and I began thinking about how I do the same thing every day – the same physical yoga routine that…

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Faces That Pass by My Mind as I Close My Eyes to Sleep

Would you like to have a Netflix streaming service in your head with no monthly subscription fee?  Sounds pretty cool but I DO have one of those, only I never…

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