Even as the pear blossoms begin to bloom throughout the Rogue Valley winter hangs on bringing new snowfall in the middle of April. This is fascinating to me having never lived in snow country before. It’s interesting to watch the changes in the weather here as springtime moves in. The other day [...]
A year ago, on April 15th 2007, my friend Matt Welty passed away after a night out with his girlfriend. From all accounts the night was a good time shared with close friends without any indications of what the next day would bring.
Matt was an amazing man. He was friendly to [...]
This is the third week of my renewed yoga practice at Bikram yoga of Ashland. The results are astounding. When I began on March 20th I could barely get through the entire practice let alone go into and hold some of the postures. Slowly as I fight against sore muscles and a [...]
There is an active Tango community in Ashland, and I became aware of it through my friend Jesse at Bikram Yoga. About a week ago he was asking one of the ladies if she was planning to attend the Tango workshop coming up. Tango? Workshop? I couldn’t help overhearing, and I [...]
Since arriving in Ashland I’ve managed to go practice yoga nine times. The most I’ve done in a row is three days. Such a difference from last year when I started out the year with a 60 day challenge. Going every day and being able to mark off the calendar was a [...]
My yoga teacher Donna told me about this story this morning and it is one of the most amazing things I’ve seen this year.
Neuroanatomist Jill Bolte Taylor woke up one morning in 1996 and experienced a massive stroke in the left side of her brain. In this talk on TED she describes [...]
There’s a Bikram yoga studio in Ashland. I was really excited to discover this because it has been just over a year since I’ve been able to practice regularly. Last year I began practicing at Bikram Yoga of Encino and I set myself a goal to do 60 days straight. This is [...]
This morning I’m leaving Los Angeles and moving for a time to Ashland, Oregon. The journey isn’t so long as a thousand miles, but it still begins with a single step. In today’s world, physical distance as an obstacle is obsolete. I can travel from any point in the world to any [...]
Break the Rock! It’s a phrase that I heard for the first time today as I was dropping my nephew, Sam Birdsong, off at LAX to fly home to Louisiana for a television commercial shoot. I was fascinated by it’s meaning.
The day started early. We had agreed to help Shane Wall of [...]
