Health/Wellness

I think the old phrase “No Pain, No Gain” expired at the turn of the millennium. And it definitely has no place in the practice of yoga! I confess, I see more faces of distress in my yoga classes than…Read More

Twice a year, just like clockwork, allergy season comes around—spring and fall—the dreaded allergies strike. I remember a time when I first moved to New York, I wondered what all the fuss was about. Never one to suffer the runny…Read More

I came to yoga as a naïve 21-year old new to NYC, looking for a way to stay fit, flexible and calm. I confess that at the time I cared more about wearing designer handbags and sipping cosmopolitans than I…Read More

Keeping your family healthy is no easy task. It gets even more difficult when they go back to school and come into contact with a slew of germs from other kids. Add to that the product recalls of many popular…Read More

I remember just a few years ago when I would hear my friends talk about doing half-marathons and I would think to myself “why would you EVER do that,” as it certainly wasn’t my idea of fun. Now, I’ve never…Read More

You cannot hear this enough: Take care of your skin or it will come back to haunt you. How often do you hear men brag about their carefree regimen? How they wash their hair, body AND face with the same…Read More

As a kid, I was the girl who was throwing spa-party sleepovers where I made all of my friends bring over their favorite shower gels, lotions, face masks and other varying beauty products, so we could all try them. And…Read More

Everyone wants to have a pearly-white, knock’em dead smile. And really, there are loads of products on the market that claim to get you there. But have you stopped to think about what those products have in them? From teeth…Read More

If you’re like me, you try to get in a few workout sessions a week, and well, the gym can get a bit monotonous. The good news is there are still a few weeks left of summer–and the warm weather–which…Read More

Rheumatoid Arthritis—an autoimmune disease currently has no cure–but there are more options for managing symptoms and achieving a state of remission than when I was diagnosed in 1988. The summer of ’88 was certainly one to remember! I woke one…Read More