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So the very kind and generous people over at Bella Nutripro sent me a juicer to review. I mean, that is a pretty cool thing in itself. A gifted juicer…I think if the 2008 newbie blogger version of me could have seen that coming, I would have fallen off my chair with gratitude and glee. [...]
In just a few weeks I’ll be heading out to Boulder, Colorado for the Hanuman Festival. I wrote in detail here on YOGANONYMOUS about why I’m going, and one of the reasons I wrote is this: I go where the high vibe is. The Hanuman Festival’s tagline is “Raise the Vibration,” and that [...]
“Most men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them.”-Henry David Thoreau The other day in yoga class, one of my teachers brought up the concept of “quiet desperation.” I’ve been thinking about it ever since. He described quiet desperation as something that happens when you “lose [...]
Guest post by Raya Ioffe of Raya Wellness Sauerkraut is sexy! I bet you haven’t seen those two words together in the same sentence before. What comes up for you when you think about kraut? Is it that cabbage stuff you put on a hot dog at a baseball game? Is it a strong smelling [...]
When I first started Healthy Crush, I had this vision that it was going to be the next big healthy recipe site. All I wanted was to do was come up with awesome healthy recipes, cook, take photos of food, and blog about it. To fuel this dream, I quit my 9-5, bought a fancy-pants [...]
Last summer, I left my apartment and life in New York with a heavy heart and ventured out to live in Los Angeles for a few months. Every time I sat in a meditation and asked for guidance on what to do next, I kept getting the message “focus on your healing and everything else [...]
Springtime is approaching us (yay!) and that means it’s time to celebrate. Every day should be a reason to celebrate, of course, but there’s just something a bit magical that happens when spring comes along…a little more sunshine on our faces, a sparkle in the air. There is no better way to celebrate, in [...]
My friend Gabby says this all the time, and I think it’s definitely true. I don’t know if I’m using the correct wording, but the basic idea is this: “Your task isn’t to seek a lover, but to become a lover of life.” Don’t you think it’s super attractive when you meet someone who just [...]
Last year, I did a 10-day juice cleanse. It was a crazy awesome yet mildly insane experience. At the end of the cleanse, I had firmly decided that food and creativity were deeply linked. In fact, at the time, I thought for sure I was going to write a book on eating for creativity. Maybe [...]
The other day I reluctantly got on a phone call with an accountant that manages one of my investments, an account I barely ever touch. He scheduled a call with me just to “get my updated facts into their system.” I put off actually getting on the call because I just didn’t think it was [...]
I talk to people pretty much daily about my nutrition school, the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. It comes up in conversation all the time because it’s shaped my life in so many ways. It’s directly contributed to some of my greatest successes, most enriching personal and business relationships, and, well, this blog itself. The Institute [...]
A couple of months ago, my life felt very different. Specifically, when I was living in LA, I had a lot of unstructured time, and unstructured time, for me, meant lots of yoga. As long as I got a yoga class in, I really didn’t care what else got accomplished that day. Yoga became my [...]
“What does unsustainable actually mean? It means it can’t go on this way.” -Michael Pollan There are a number of documentaries out there about the industrialized food system. At this point you’ve probably heard that industrialized agriculture and factory farming are tragically destroying our environment and our health — and are completely unsustainable practices. In [
Guest Post by Ritu Ashrafi I’m fairly new to meditation and have been practicing for less than a year but I can honestly say that meditation changed my life. I see my life as pre-meditation and post-meditation because the difference between the two is staggering. Let me tell you why. I am Ritu Ashrafi and [...]
Missing someone you can’t contact can be a pretty dead-end feeling. Maybe the person is an ex love, or someone who has passed away, or someone you were once close with who is no longer in your life. It can be really difficult to let go at times, especially when your heart and soul were [...]
Happiness is one of those things that we tend to think is based on each person’s individual life situation. How much money do we have? Are we in a fulfilling romantic relationship? Do we have the career of our dreams? A great body? Most of us spend a large amount of our lives striving for [...]
I’ve been working for Dr. Frank Lipman for a week now. The experience has been, to say the least – awesome. I am learning so much! Dr. Lipman focuses a lot on nutrition and lifestyle as it relates to all kinds of health conditions, and learning from him is truly an incredible experience. One thing [...]
Do you usually start your new year off by cutting things out, restricting your diet, and making drastic changes to what you’re eating? While I totally support big changes, don’t you think it might be more fun to focus on adding things IN instead? There are lots of powerful, nourishing plant-based superfoods out there just [...]
Dear 2013, Here are my intentions for you. I intend… To practice gratitude and appreciation. To believe that everything is unfolding for my greatest good. To welcome new characters and experiences into my life. To open myself to love, curiosity, meaningful work, pure enjoyment. To allow the path to unfold before me – and to [...]
Are the foods you’re eating keeping you stuck in a never-ending cycle of dieting? There’s information out there that the food industry doesn’t want you to know. I just watched an interview on GaiamTV with filmmakers James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch (Hungry for Change). They shared the research they found when creating their documentary, [...]
Ok, let’s be honest. Well, I’ll be honest. I admit that in my life, when things feel like they’re unmanageable, not good enough, or any other low-level feeling, most of the time, the only thing that’s truly not working is the way I’m thinking. I assume you can probably relate on some level. Personally, I’d [...]
I just watched a really cool and interesting video on GaiamTV featuring Dr. John Douillard, one of my favorite teachers from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. He’s an expert on Ayurveda (a traditional form of alternative medicine native to India) and was one of my teachers in Costa Rica. I always learn new gems of [...]
Here are a few of my top picks for healthy books this holiday season! Clean Plates Cookbook by Jared Koch Clean Plates started as a guide to healthy, sustainable restaurants – and now they’ve launched a cookbook jam-packed with healthy, sustainable recipes! The perfect gift for anyone interested in eating food that’s good for the [...]
I just finished watching the Titans of Yoga documentary on GaiamTV. When I read the description of the movie, I knew it was right up my alley. Titans of Yoga is about 25 of the most prominent modern figures who practice and teach yoga, meditation, and other mindful practices in the Western culture. They share [...]
Hi, friends! If you know me, you know how excited I get about raw chocolate. My love for it is borderline excessive at times. Especially around the holidays, when the general love for chocolate is thick in the air. Wheee! One of my all-time favorite brands of raw chocolate is Gnosis Chocolate. Vanessa Barg, founder [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I was at a yoga studio in Los Angeles and spotted the book, Green For Life, on the shelf. An entire book about green smoothie nutrition!? Needless to say, I got excited, and of course posted a photo of it on instagram. This week, as I was browsing around on [...]
Over the weekend I went to a workshop with master yoga teacher Mark Whitwell at my favorite little yoga/green smoothie spot in San Diego, Hale Holistic. When the workshop started, I got out my pen and notebook, as always, and got prepared to summarize it all for you guys. As Mark started talking, all of [...]
King Corn is one of those documentaries that I’ve been hearing about for years. I remember people raving about it when I was in nutrition school, saying it was one of those “must-see” films about the food industry, but I never got around to actually watching it until now. When I saw that it was [...]
Today is Thanksgiving, and in the spirit of giving, I want to share something very special with you, from someone who is very close to my heart. I first met Rachel Johnson in Costa Rica last year at a conference for the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Immediately, I felt drawn to her positive energy. It [...]
It’s holiday time!! For most people, the time between Thanksgiving through the New Year usually means indulging in lots of sugar, flour, dairy, processed foods, sugary/boozy drinks, and all those usual suspects. Too much of that stuff can leave us feeling really depleted, moody, and practically begging for some quality nutrients. While I totally believe [...]
Last night I went to the book launch party for the newly released 21st Century Yoga: Culture, Politics & Practice. The book is a compilation of essays examining yoga as it exists today. From the back cover: “Yoga may be rooted in ancient India, but it’s morphed into something new in North America today. Precisely [...]
A few weeks ago I embarked on Dr. Frank Lipman’s Be Well Cleanse. It was a 14-day cleanse that focused on cutting out harmful foods and common irritants, and adding in some extra cleansing nutrients through shakes and supplements. In this post, I wrote about how I was looking forward most to cutting out caffeine, [...]
Wheeee! I haven’t been this excited about a cookbook in awhile. I absolutely adore Kris Carr (she’s New York Times best-selling author, wellness activist, cancer thriver, all-around awesome gal and one of my biggest inspirations), and I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of Crazy Sexy Kitchen, which came out this week! [...]
Did you know that the brain has the same chemical reaction to sugary/fatty foods as it does to cocaine or nicotine? According to Dr. Pam Peeke, author of The Hunger Fix, the chemical reaction happens before you even eat the food — all you have to do is think about it! I just watched a [...]
Do you ever wake up and have one of those days where everything feels hard, you feel sluggish, have no motivation, and generally feel “blah” about life? If not, good for you. You don’t need this blog. The rest of you, keep reading. Lately one thing that really helps me feel better is taking a [...]
For the past 10 days or so, I’ve been off of sugar, gluten and caffeine (on this cleanse). To be honest, the cleanse hasn’t been very difficult because it’s mostly how I eat anyway, but I’ve totally cut out all sugar and sweeteners, even natural ones (except for fruit). Dr. Lipman allows certain sweeteners on [...]
If you haven’t heard yet about GaiamTV, get ready for endless hours of awesomeness! It’s my latest obsession. And I do not say this lightly. I love learning new things about nutrition and getting different perspectives on health, spirituality, yoga and all those kinds of fun things. I’ve spent a lot of time online in [...]
I was at the hair salon yesterday, having the epic life talks that always seem to happen when I’m sitting in that chair. I go to the coolest hair salon in Manhattan, in my opinion – Uliana in the East Village, on 9th between 1st and 2nd – it’s in Jimi Hendrix’s old apartment. Uliana [...]
Get excited – it’s time for another guest recipe from my friend Robyn Youkilis! I thought it was the perfect time to feature this, since her awesome Rock The Kitchen healthy cooking program starts soon!! Robyn has shared a delicious curry recipe with all of us. I haven’t had anything like this in awhile, and [...]
Recently, at the Yoga Journal Conference in Colorado, I took a class with Desiree Rumbaugh. I’d never taken her class before, but I heard her speak at the Being Yoga Conference at Omega, and I just loved her. Her class at the Yoga Journal Conference was called “Stepping into the Flow” – and little did [...]
Today is my 2nd day of eliminating caffeine, sugar and gluten from my diet. More specifically, I’m doing the Be Well by Dr. Frank Lipman cleanse, which I’ll outline in more detail below – but these 3 things (caffeine, sugar and gluten) are the things I’m most interested in experimenting with – kicking them to [...]
It’s always fun and exciting when a big group of inspiration people comes together to share wisdom. That’s exactly what’s happening at the Hay House – I Can Do It Ignite Conference in NYC on November 3rd and 4th. I’m going, and I know it’s going to be super high vibe, my friends!! This is [...]
There’s nothing better than when a friend knows you really well. Yesterday when my plane landed in NYC, my friend Samantha texted me saying she was going to the grocery store to get ingredients for us to make dinner. When I got to her apartment and she showed me what we were making, my heart [...]
Before the Yoga Journal Conference in Colorado last weekend, I signed up for all of my classes in advance. I had planned to take a Jivamukti yoga class on one of the days, but was going back and forth between that class and a class called “Relationship Revelations.” Since I go to Jivamukti all the [...]
The other night in Denver, I was staying at a friend’s place and we decided to have a dinner party with 6 people, where everyone contributed a dish. I could hardly contain my excitement as we stopped at Whole Foods to pick up ingredients. I made this chopped salad with hummus dressing, and my friend [...]
One of my favorite things about yoga/nutrition/natural health conferences is finding new great companies and products that are spreading the healthy vibe. Over the weekend at the Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park, CO, I found a new favorite: NudeFood! NudeFood is a company based in beautiful Boulder, Colorado that makes nutrient-dense food bars and [...]
This is the kind of thing that makes me fall in love again with New York City. Next Thursday, October 11th 2012, some of my beautiful NYC yogi friends are putting on a really special multi-sensory event that includes some of my favorite things – yoga, music, fresh juice and supporting a great cause. In [...]
When I was registering for the Yoga Journal Conference in Colorado, I decided I would sign up for classes that would push my boundaries a little – take me out of my comfort zone. I know from experience lately that dancing along the edge of the comfort zone is where the true magic happens in [...]
If you’re into yoga, you’ve probably heard of the magazine Yoga Journal. When I started to get more into yoga and I got that craving to learn more, I found myself picking up Yoga Journal off the shelf. Shortly after that, I was registering for a Yoga Journal conference. That brings me to now- I’m [...]
Last week I teamed up with Under Armour, Glam Media, and a group of other bloggers in NYC for a super awesome event at the Exhale Spa at the Gansevoort. The event was in celebration of Under Armour Women’s “What’s Beautiful” program – they are setting out to redefine the female athlete by encouraging women [...]
