by niccolapiccola | Dec 30, 2014 | Desserts and Yum Yums, holiday food, yoga
This has been a post in the making for sometime now. Every time I harp on something that annoys people in the yoga world; cell phone use, chewing gym, running late or skipping savasana, I always get a comment from someone that says, “you should do a blog about...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 11, 2014 | books, holiday food, slow cooking
It finally feels like fall outside here on the Central Coast and I’m peeling apples, mixing spices, deseeding pomegranates and pulling up the beets in my garden in honor of the cooler weather! Tomorrow I’m planning on planting my winter garden so...
by niccolapiccola | Nov 20, 2013 | food, Peace, soups
What a glorious day it is to be alive!! I spent all of Monday night (sleepless) and Tuesday (morning and early afternoon) hugging the toilet for dear life, after some virus or stomach bug took ahold of my body and wouldn’t let go! I’m never sick so I...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 25, 2013 | books, yoga
What is Beyond Yoga you ask? I have no clue, but I love that brand of yoga pants! Haha! Students (thanks Elizabeth!) have been asking me to suggest my favorite yoga books, beyond Patanjali’s Sutras, that are very hard for most students, never mind non-yoga...
by niccolapiccola | Oct 22, 2013 | food, Quick dinner ideas, yoga
The first time I ever tasted a pomegranate I thought I was in fruit heaven!…when in actuality, I was in Mysore, India, in the dead heat of an afternoon summer, at the outdoor market in town, crushed within a mass of sweaty people, merchants yelling at me to buy...
