Persuading Ourselves (and Others?) to Be Happier and Healthier

I know I’m the only one of us (snark alert!) who ever struggles with planning to act smarter, eat healthier, walk more, do more yoga, etc, etc, etc…and still struggles with it all!  Well, maybe not. Especially as we head into Thanksgiving, and then we quickly find ourselves in the annual New Year’s Resolution foolishness, [...]

What are we eating?

This graphic lets us see in an obvious, elegant manner, the SAD (Standard American Diet).  Exercising my ‘veganism’ these last few days, I have noticed how big a range of diet is still possible while I eat no animal products.  Its not very hard to eat crappy food, and have it not be animals.  However, [...]

The 6th Day….

Today was a journey..mostly movement…dancing……an community. I listened to Bitsy talk about Om on the 6th day of the Challenge. I’m still getting started changing my diet…after so many years of paying attention to food, this is really the first concerted effort I’ve made to be strictly vegan….so far, I continue to struggle with the [...]

Still Getting ‘Ready’ to Change….and Practicing…

Okay – another day as a vegan….and continuing to watch my behavior as I attempt to change.  This work to track myself as I try to change is my most active focus in my professional work in the last few years.  As I pursue my Masters in Public Health at UTHealth. My focus is on [...]

4th Day of My Challenge……Its Personal…?

Today I’m noticing the habit of change I am living with.  At 56, I’ve noticed patterns I carry with me…some are historic, and not present when I began a few days ago, some were there and are now not as present….but all seem VERY familiar.  They are VERY personal patterns! For example, I have noticed [...]

Focus – The Shifting of Attention and Possibility for Change

Today is the 3rd day in my 40 Day Challenge.  I taught yoga, in my new class at 360 at 7:30 tonight, and I spent some time today allowing my focus to shift to ‘how can I eat as a vegan’? Focus is one of the 4 main areas of health behavior that are integral [...]

Genuine Change? At least for today!

For the last few years I have been moving my focus towards change….and primarily (though not exclusively) change that is associated with improving personal health.  So much is going on in this area…..new insights in neuroplasticity, exciting new technologies for tracking personal behaviors exemplified by the Quantified Self,  and all kinds of new approaches to [...]

Today is the Beginning of the 40 Day Challenge – Change in Action!

For a few years now, Yoga Yoga has been supporting our students to bring their yoga practice, or any other life-inspiring practice to a new, stronger place through our 40 Day Challenge. This approach to support is rooted in both tradition and science. Practice is at the heart of yoga, and as we are learning, [...]

Yoga Teaching as a Profession

For some years the team of owners and staff at Yoga Yoga, many of whom are instructors, have been committed to the practice, teaching and promotion of yoga as a career choice.  We have many teachers who make a living teaching, its how they pay their mortgage, make their car payments and buy food.  It [...]

Presenting at YPO – Health, Disease and Wellness

Last Friday evening, I had the chance to speak to a group of exceptional executives and their wives at a meeting of the Young Presidents Organization here in Austin.  Here’s the title slide of the talk. I’ve been working on the creation of Shanti Health for a number of years now, and finally I have [...]