A CHEF’S WIFE/ YOGA TEACHER’S GUIDE ON HOW NOT TO MAKE AN “ASANA” OUT OF YOURSELF…
OFF THE MAT AND IN THE KITCHEN!
I bend so I don’t break!
After much thought and reflection, I've decided to quit teaching yoga. I'm tired of getting up early and always having to "be on." I'm over counting in Sanskrit, adjusting students, learning new names and faces, and hustling to teach class after class. Long gone are...
Yoga is my happy hour!
I'm celebrating my yoga practice anniversary this week (12 years!) and it got me thinking as to why I ever stepped into my first yoga class back in March of 2003 and how I've never looked back since! Lots of people start practicing yoga by recommendation of their...
Italians do it* better
*And by everything, I mean everything... from cooking to eating, and yelling and driving Caddy's to loving our families and squeezing each other's cheeks! Happy St. Joseph's Day to all my fellow paisanos out there! Let's eat zeppola pastries and get crazy!!! Lucky...
Cecilia Mulligan’s Soda Bread
Greetings! I'm preparing for St. Patrick's Day tomorrow by listening to some U2, House of Pain, The Cranberries and the comedian Hal Roach, all while I bake Cecilia (my Gram) Mulligan's famous Irish Soda Bread! This was a tradition for my Gram each year and she would...
Smile while you sweat!
Last week on this blog, I talked a lot about routines and how I am a true believer of practicing them from sunrise to sunset. It looks like most of you were right there with me, judging by the many comments left by those of you who are self-admitted "creatures of...
To tree or not to tree…
I am a total creature of habit. I wake up at the same time each day. I get out of bed, feed my dogs, put on my contacts, brush my teeth, pull on my yoga clothes and head to the studio. When I'm through, I head to the gym or to TRX class and then I indulge in a large...
Don’t drink the water!
Students ask me all the time whether or not they should be drinking water during yoga practice and why or why not? Well the short answer from me is NO, you should not be gulping down gigantic sips from your water bottle because unlike sports like soccer and...
5 Ingredient, 2 Bite Cookies!
Greetings! I've been rummaging through old and new magazines and cookbooks alike in search of some new recipes that I can both use and jazz up by adding or subtracting ingredients. It's such a turnoff when I see like 26 ingredients for a meal that looks and sounds so...
Excuse me while I multitask!
If I was given a dollar for every time I was seen in the act of multitasking, I would be a flipping millionaire. I have been known to draw a bath while I make the bed, a cuppa tea and start laundry. While I read a chapter in my book I stretch in Pigeon Pose, while my...
Chin Up Buttercup!
What an exciting and exhausting week I've had and I still have two work days left until Sunday! I think I said it on Monday, but the Universe certainly works in mysterious ways! After loosing five classes and my job last week at a nearby studio, I was able to get...
The only constant in life is change!
It's a new week, a new month and a new day, so out with the old and in with the new! I go back and forth with my feelings on change, sometimes I fear it and other times I welcome a change in pace. How we handle change is sometimes something that helps define us and...
Surrendering to Stillness
I'm back from the Midwest and back to eating a salad everyday, a kale shake for breakfast and watching my salt intake. Last week I not only had an Egg McMuffin, but I indulged in fried chicken at The Elks and delivery pizza that same night. Hey...when in the Midwest,...