I chose to make Penny Loaf my logo because of who she is. Let’s get this straight: Penny Loaf is not “just a dog” — she is my best friend. We have spent the last eight years together, just a lady and her Bugg, out in the big world. She has taught me a number of important lessons and provided me with devoted support during some of the hardest times of my life. Though she is not human, I respect Penny Loaf as being her own person, a living breathing sentient being with her own

“One fear to rule them all, one fear to find them, one fear to bring them all and in the black box bind them.” — Tolkein The structure of the brain dictates that what is known to an individual is interpreted as positive (simply because it is known), even if what is being interpreted is, in actuality, negative. Correspondingly, what is unknown to an individual is inherently appraised as aversive (simply because it is unknown), even if what is being appraised is actually positi

The concept of letting go is a fundamental principle in the practice of yoga. I know, I know — I say that all the time. I’m your yoga teacher (if not literally than figuratively) and I ask you to just “let go” in almost every practice — not only when you’re chilling out in Supported Fish Pose but also when you’re working hard in Warrior 2. Why am I asking you to do it? What does “letting go” even really mean? Buckle your seat belts, I’m about to get really personal. I didn’t