Ways of Seeing: Time to improve your apology skills

Every day seems to bring a new revelation of a public person behaving badly and then botching their apology. Why is saying “I’m sorry” so very difficult?

I was sad but not a bit surprised to learn of the overt racism Esther Charlestin experienced during her year as Dean of Culture and Climate at Middlebury Union Middle School. 

It’s okay to have questions about queerness and trans identities. Most of us have been raised to understand the world in terms of a gender binary.

I think about trauma a lot, because I earn my living working with people’s bodies, and the body is where unresolved trauma lives.

Most people show up to yoga class for gentle movement, deep breathing, and stress reduction, but if they come to my classes they get yoga philosophy too.

She is super smart, full of heart, and laser focused on making this a community where everyone can thrive.

Ah, January. The magical month where so many of us vow to exercise more, eat healthier, stop wasting money, and generally Be Better.

Our state constitution permits the enslavement of people under 21, the enslavement of people who “consent,” and the enslavement of anyone who hasn’t paid their debts and fines.

Although many Westerners think of yoga as physical exercise, breathing, and stretching, learning yoga philosophy is a key part of the practice. These ancient teachings can help us navigate many difficult aspects of being human.

I know I spend a lot of time gnashing my teeth over injustice in the world. But could I allow myself, with friends and neighbors, to spend time drawing, painting and dreaming of the world that  “should be?” 

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. I really, really don’t want to write this column. I’m recovering from COVID, I’m tired, and I’m so, so angry. I have been involved in the fight for reproductive freedom for literally my entire life. My mom was a young mother in the la … (read more)

The Yoga Equity Project seeks to provide the physical, emotional and spiritual benefits of yoga and meditation to everyone, by addressing the inequalities that keep some people from accessing yoga spaces.

My friend Julie told me this COVID pandemic may last five years. She said that based on what happened with the influenza pandemic of 1918, it could take that long for COVID to become endemic.

With domestic violence surging globally during the pandemic, and countless people trapped at home with their abusers, advocates needed a simple way for someone in distress to signal a silent SOS.

I just returned from a truly glorious weekend in Stonington, Conn., where I went for a funeral. “Always go to the funeral” is a piece of advice someone gave me a long time ago.