I recently read a book by Tara Brach, a well-known meditation teacher, where she shared a story about hearing cows lowing in a distant field while on a meditation retreat near a dairy farm. It reminded me of my own similar experience, so I thought I would share it during this month of ‘Veganuary.’ A …
Conscious Lifestyle
What If This Is What It’s All About?
Some of you heard this story this past summer right after it occurred. I thought I would take a moment here to share it with everyone else. While on vacation in the Lelanau Peninsula at the end of this summer, I took advantage of a day of nice weather to roll out my yoga mat …
The Bill & Christy Vegan Cooking Show: King Oyster Mushroom ‘Scallops’ with Homemade Pesto
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 …
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Sensitivity + Self-Compassion Quizzes
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 …
The Simple Truth Everyone Needs To Know
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 …
Zucchini-palooza!
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! …
The Bill & Christy Vegan Cooking Show: Lentil Dal with Greens
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. …
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Making Time for Yoga + Self-Care
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: …
My Top 10 Reads From Yoga Book Club
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 …
3 Power Bowls & 3 Power Bites!
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 …