Vision, Clarity and Cataracts
For the twenty-four months that I was in graduate school I struggled to complete reading assignments. I labeled myself lazy. I was convinced I lacked discipli
Mimm Patterson
My Yoga Journey
I’m like that kid in The Sixth Sense. Except instead of seeing dead people, I smell cigarette smoke. Now and again, even when the nearest smoldering cancer
South Asian Film Festival
Seventeen years after the French brothers Louis and Auguste Lumiere showed six short films at Mumbai’s Watson’s Hotel (Esplanade Mansion) in 1898, and twelv
Good Health
There are a few new buzz words in town: “active couch potato” and “organic mover.” Just when we were becoming comfortably smug in our daily workout re
The Single Life
There are wonderful benefits to the single life. And for many years I have enjoyed those benefits. Keeping my own schedule. Having the full duvet to wrap arou
Memories Are Made of This
"Sit back and shut up you stupid fool!” My mother barreled down the rural two-lane black top at 80-miles-per-hour in her turquoise finned Comet. She was in do
Yinsights
From the moment I began a serious yoga practice, almost thirty years ago, I have practiced Iyengar. My first teachers, Larry Hatlett and Karl Duffy, are senio
Sacred Connection: Body Therapy and the Art of Touch
My intention was to write an essay about the science of massage. How it soothes the vagus nerve, lowers blood sugar and brings relief to chronic pain. I wante
Foot Reflexology
In the history of shoe making, no cobbler has cobbled a sandal that can match the beauty of the sandals wrapped in tissue paper and resting quietly in a box on
Cold Comfort: Common Sense Approach to Avoiding Colds and Flu
I was too weak to protest. I’d been in bed for seventy-two hours, unable to eat. A troupe of miniaturized Taiko drummers were using my cranium for rehearsal s
Naked Yogis and Toe Socks: Where is the Heart in American Yoga
I live in a corner of the world that celebrates all things young, beautiful and thin. I work here, too, in an industry that equates lean, muscular physiques wit
