100% is easy. 99% is a b*tch.

100% is easy. 99% is a b*tch.

Have you ever tried to give up sugar? Exercise regularly? Start meditating? Save money? No question that for most of us, changing a habit is incredibly difficult. Unless you adopt the 100% rule. I have written about this rule before, after I read about it in Jack...
The most important lesson of my life

The most important lesson of my life

To overcome an eating disorder and become truly happy, I tried everything. Mindfulness worked. When I chose the word “Sati” (which means mindfulness, or awareness without judgment in Sanskrit language) to describe not only my workout but the core of my teachings, I...
I have changed

I have changed

I have changed. Over a 15 months ago I decided it was time to make some major changes in my life. I left Equinox after teaching there for over twenty years, with the dream of moving up, moving on and moving beyond the walls of the gym. I didn’t think it was going to...
The greatest elixir for youthfulness

The greatest elixir for youthfulness

Today is my birthday and I turned 53 years old. The day of our birth is so sacred and so beautiful, but for many years I didn’t see it that way. Of course when I was a kid, I loved celebrating birthdays and opening presents but even as young as my teenage years, it...
This was the highlight of my year

This was the highlight of my year

The past three days were some of the best I can remember. I just got back from teaching intenSati and giving a keynote speech to thousands of women entrepreneurs at a corporate national training in Cincinnati. It was absolutely a highlight of my year, being with 3,600...