My family and I are moving in 10 short days. Which explains why most nights find me sorting our stuff in to move, sell, or give away piles. But there’s one other particular pile that I want to talk about today: stuff that needs fixing.
I recently had the good fortune to attend a mini meditation workshop with Sharon
Salzberg, where I had the chance to ask one of my most pressing questions about meditation.
If you practice an ancient self-care ritual–such as yoga or tai chi–think of all the people who have talked to one another over the last three thousand years, keeping the discipline alive and making your practice possible.
I’m just going to go ahead and say it: It ain’t easy to meditate regularly. I’ve finally learned to pick something I do every day that requires me to sit still and turn that into my meditation. For example, my nightly glass of wine.
This summer, we decided to split a CSA share with our neighbors. Going halfsies not only reduced the cost (and the sheer amount of lettuce)…
When I was in my mid-20s, I loaned my car to a friend. On his way to pick up a friend at the airport, he was rear-ended and the car was totaled (thank God, no one was hurt). A few months later, I received a settlement check from the other driver’s insurance company in the…
When it came time to write this Vegimental, my worst writing nightmare came true—I had no ideas. Not even one.
How many times today have you thought to yourself, “My back is aching, I should really get to a yoga class.” Or, “I am all over the place today! Wish I had some time to meditate.” Or, “I could sleep for days.” ?? That, my friends, is your inner wisdom talking. No matter how many…
In the past when I heard the phrase, “Grow your own food,” I imagined people in overalls with lots of land and time constantly hovering over a vast array of plants. Lately, though, I’ve begun to think about it differently. I have started to see it as something that even I—who have little plant knowledge,…
