by Jurian | Aug 15, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness
This recipe (ever-so-slightly tweaked from Wholesome Yum’s) is delicious, gluten-free, low in sugar, super easy to make, and — it even has vegetables in it! Don’t tell, but it reminds me of a very popular, decadent, expensive, flourless chocolate...
by Jurian | Jul 5, 2023 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
In a perfect world, today’s blog post would have gone out last week, but Friday was the one-year anniversary of Dad’s passing. (I marked the occasion by backing my car, full force, into David’s—a costly moment of mindlessness.) With the loss of both Mom and Dad...
by Jurian | Apr 2, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
Last week was intense. My soon-to-be-95-year-old mom spent three days in three different hospital emergency rooms, following a fall in which she hit her head. This on the heels of Covid. (Long story short, Mom is amazingly resilient and she appears to be...
by Jurian | Mar 7, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
Sometimes I’ll hear whispered (or shouted) in the yoga world the idea that a “more advanced” practice means mastering more complicated postures—poses that add the challenge of a bind or balance, that take the body into increasingly challenging shapes and contortions....
by Jurian | Feb 12, 2023 | Aging Well, Health and Wellness, International Retreats, Yoga of Yes (Joy), Yoga off the Mat
I’m guessing that, for most of us, 13 years old is an age we’d prefer to have skipped. For myself, thirteen was an all-time low in terms of everything that matters to a 13-year-old. I was as awkward as I’ve ever been in my life—the definition of “uncool” in a big,...
by Jurian | Dec 27, 2022 | Health and Wellness, Yoga off the Mat
The “holy days” are upon us — a time when we’re invited to make space for what is sacred. Winter’s darkness encourages and supports it; all the spiritual traditions support it; the Roman calendar supports it; time off from work (if...
