Mar 21

9-Months Later…

A YOGI’S JOURNEY WITH PARKINSON’S – Volume 14 In an earlier post (Volume 8), I suggested that telling the world I had Parkinson’s shared similarities with announcing a pregnancy. Now, […]

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Aug 21

The “Missing” Toxin

A YOGI’S JOURNEY WITH PARKINSON’S – Volume 13 After posting the “Why Me?” blog (Volume 4) of potential toxins that likely contributed to my contracting Parkinson’s Disease, I had a lingering […]

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Aug 17

Giving Up a Yoga Class

A YOGI’S JOURNEY WITH PARKINSON’S – Volume 12 As a yoga teacher, dropping a class is kind of like breaking up with someone. This isn’t merely unsubscribing from a friend’s […]

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Jun 08

The Bad Neighbor

A YOGI’S JOURNEY WITH PARKINSON’S – Volume 11 In my blogging process, I have stopped myself more than a few times as I began writing about my “battle” or my “fight” with […]

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Jun 08

Supplements

A YOGI’S JOURNEY WITH PARKINSON’S – Volume 10 I used to be the guy who would condescendingly say, “You know what they say about people on vitamins/supplements? Expensive urine.” Now I […]

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May 24

Not a Huggy Guy?

A YOGI’S JOURNEY WITH PARKINSON’S – Volume 9 One interesting aside from my sharing the news that I have Parkinson’s occurred when a yoga student asked if it was OK to […]

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May 20

Sharing Bad News

A Yogi’s Journey with Parkinson’s – Volume 8 There is no easy way to share bad news… Not that I have any experience being pregnant or “coming out of the closet”, […]

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Apr 27

Financial Burdens of Parkinson’s

A Yogi’s Journey With Parkinson’s – Volume 7   One of the first questions I hear after letting people know I have Parkinson’s is, “Do you have insurance?” The inquirer […]

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Apr 27

Teaching Yoga with Parkinson’s

A Yogi’s Journey with Parkinson’s – Volume 6 Upon sharing my Parkinson’s diagnosis with a concerned yoga student, she asked, “Are you going to give up your classes?” “Of course NOT!” was […]

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Apr 27

My Initial Plan

A Yogi’s Journey with Parkinson’s – Volume 5 I was going to put off the writing of this particular blog until I had more time for elaboration and my “Plan” […]

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We would rather be ruined than changed. We would rather die in our dread than climb the cross of the moment and let our illusions die.

~ W. H. Auden