by matthewcharlesdavis | Jan 14, 2021 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
We bought an amaryllis from Trader Joe’s. Thought it was dead. Then it bloomed. Take that, 2020!It’s a nice thing to learn from. My main resolution this year is to remember that when I loosen my grip and let life take its course, things tend to go better. So far, it’s...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Dec 30, 2020 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
A funny thing happened as I was writing my resolutions to stick on the fridge…I started realizing how much grief I’m carrying around for the last year. For what I’ve lost, for what others have lost, and of course for all the senselessly, needlessly lost lives. It’s...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Dec 23, 2020 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
I’ve been working with a great acupuncturist for the last few months. Her name is Andrea Vannelli and you can book online with her up on East 90th Street, if you’re in New York City. Since we started working together I’ve lost 20 pounds and managed through the anxiety...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Dec 16, 2020 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
Here’s an interesting thing. I’ve been anxious, off and on, the last few weeks, and have found that when you wake up in the middle of the night, it really helps to talk to your inner child. I’m not saying have a whole conversation. More, realize that...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Nov 25, 2020 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
My free Thanksgiving yoga class is linked here. It’s Thanksgiving so I wrote a list of things I’m grateful for. Then I realized that to feel gratitude for things is also, in some way, to be attached to them. There’s a balance to be struck between delighting in Mick...
by matthewcharlesdavis | Nov 18, 2020 | Yoga...for people who hate yoga
If you’re like me, you might enjoy a good think. And I saw a lovely quote on Instagram this week from the philosopher, Alan Watts. “If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so… The meaning and purpose of dancing is the dance.”—Alan Watts, 1951 ...
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