June 15, 2015

How to Do a Walking Meditation

Pick a place to do your walking meditation

On Sundays, I like to do a ‘walking meditation’. I like the feeling of deliberate non-purpose, and I feel it best when I’m moving. My thoughts tumble through my surroundings like river stones, turning through the infinite landscape in quick somersaults, allowing me to smooth my edges and get ready for the week ahead. I’m amazed by where my mind goes undirected. There is something soothing about the way thoughts expand when they are not under pressure.  Like clouds. How To Do a Walking Meditation First, let your mind go free. For example, I think about the people walking in front of me and how long they’ve known each other….

May 3, 2015

Best Strength Training for Women

strength training for women

Ahhhhh, strength training.  That blissful 20 minutes10 minutes time at the gym where I get to sit on an exercise ball, bouncing around and looking at Instagram reading the NY Times on my phone.  Sometimes, I like to alternate between sitting on an exercise ball and lying on a squishy “nap mat”, depending on how I feel.   What do you mean “that’s not how you do strength training”?     Okay, okay, I know that’s not how you do strength training.  And I know strength training for women is important. But the PROBLEM is that strength training is BORING.  I would rather be bouncing on an exercise ball and inventing clever,…