We seek comfort. I recall a time in my twenties when I (only half jokingly) responded to a friend who asked me how I was doing, “I’m good, you know, there is always is something on TV”. Silly yes, a total cop out? Of course. But there really was a part of me that rationalized my… Read more

We cannot escape the topic of mindfulness these days. It is a buzzword that has made its way onto the covers of mainstream magazines and runs as a topic on network news. It’s for good reason of course – because it’s the complete opposite of how we humans, especially we western humans, operate these days.… Read more

It seems that we human beings make our way to the yoga mat for the first time for a whole host of reasons. For some, a simple curiosity can open the door, and for some it clicks and the path begins. For many others yoga starts with necessity. For myself, I toyed with yoga exactly… Read more

Of all things on tenderfoot yogi, I am probably least qualified to talk about how to pray. But that is changing, because now this thing that for the longest time simply felt inauthentic, has begun to take a different shape. I think that as we start to explore the higher places that exist within us,… Read more

We seem to have an innate need to label ourselves as one thing or another. A runner, maybe a barefoot runner, a marathoner. Or, a vegetarian, omnivore, paleo. Or, a college graduate, a thinker, a doer, a comedian, the list goes on. Introvert. Extrovert. Jewish. Buddhist. Yogi. Even that which we identify most closely, father,… Read more

I think I’m a regular person. I cook, I do dishes, I work, I play with my kids and help them with their homework. I exercise. I cut my grass, I take my kids on a family vacation. I drink beer – on the weekends, mostly when I’m cooking, and I eat cake and ice… Read more

Have you ever had a song come up on Pandora, one that reminds you of a particular person, at the exact moment when you were thinking of him or her? Is this coincidence or something more? We need not pick sides in this debate. I’m here to simply suggest you choose the something more. Why?… Read more

The visual and auditory information presented to us in our daily lives is daunting. In the airport the televisions run CNN with all the latest world tragedies. Movie trailers for psychological thrillers pop in while watching a rerun of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ on TV. Unsightly images show up in the sidebar when searching YouTube… Read more

We have large and small truths come up in all aspects of our lives. In our careers, our family and friendships. Our romantic relationships. Our wants and needs and desires. And as we begin to open ourselves, sometimes we come upon truths that are unsettling, conflicting, confounding and we can feel stuck. What to do… Read more

My older brother recently asked me a question about searching for answers. We were on a walk near his home during a visit I was making to Florida – and I had not seen him for a while. He had been reading my tenderfoot yogi posts, the eBook, and had just a few days before… Read more