As some of you may recall, last winter my husband (who trained and worked as a professional chef many years ago) and I decided to make a video of ourselves cooking a meal together. We were pleasantly surprised to get some nice feedback from it, so we decided to make another one. We recorded it this …
The Bill & Christy Vegan Cooking Show: King Oyster Mushroom ‘Scallops’ with Homemade PestoRead More
In a true yoga practice, we do as much inner work (svadhyaya, or self-study) as we do outer work (physical asana practice). With this in mind, I thought I would share two fun quizzes that I have found helpful in doing my own inner work: Sensitivity Quiz This one, by Sensitivity Expert and Psychotherapist Julie …
I am currently reading the book, The Way of Integrity, by Martha Beck. I wanted to share what she writes at the end of the chapter titled The End of Self-Betrayal: You are infinitely worthy. You are infinitely precious. You have always been enough. You will always be enough. There is no place you don’t …
One of my favorite things about summer (besides not being cold all the time for a change!) is having a garden. Gardens are different year to year, and this year my garden seemed to get off to a slow start. It didn’t help that something (bugs, rodents, bunnies?) was eating all my seedlings at first! …
Live from Ann Arbor-Landia, it’s the Bill & Christy Vegan Cooking Show! Just for kicks, and at the urging of a few friends, my husband (who trained and worked as a professional chef many years ago) and I decided to make a video of ourselves cooking a meal together. You can check it out below. …
The Bill & Christy Vegan Cooking Show: Lentil Dal with GreensRead More
I wanted to write a short blog post about making the time for yoga and self-care, because I still hear many of my yoga students saying they struggle with this. I hear you and I totally get it. Let me share some tips that have helped me. The first tip is simple but not easy: …
Our Yoga Book Club is meeting February 3 via Zoom to discuss Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. This was such an eye-opening book that really helped me better understand the issues going on in our country right now. Even if you can’t join us for our book club discussion, I strongly …
I’ve made a few yummy ‘Bowl’ and ‘Bite’ recipes lately (all vegan, of course!), and thought they were worth sharing. Let me know if you try them out. Enjoy! BOWLS: Cauliflower Shawarma Buddha Bowl – This bowl (pictured above) is admittedly a little labor intensive, but the flavors are so interesting that I promise it …
I recently wrote a blog post about Text Neck as a supplement to the audio sequences I recorded as part of my *7 Weeks to Better Posture* course. My yoga classes always have very thought-out intentions behind them. My intention for this sequence is to help you bring greater awareness to the placement of your neck …
Do you have text neck? If you’re leaning over your phone right now to read this, chances are you do! Did you know that shoulder tension happens more because our head is not positioned correctly on top of shoulders (forward head) versus from stress? The first sign of posture deterioration — forward head, or ‘text …
