Articles on Lifestyle

The Benefits of Yoga

The benefits of yoga provide both instant gratification and lasting transformation. In the fitness world, both are extremely important. Too much time with too few results can be incredibly...

A Right to Bare Arms: 3 Yoga Poses for Beautiful Biceps

Spring break is just around the corner. Are you ready to wear those T-shirts and spaghetti straps? Whether you’re already studying yoga or want to begin a practice, this discipline...

Get in the Mood

No, no—not that kind mood. We're talking health and fitness here, people. It's tough—to say the least—to always feel amped and ready to go about a sweat session or to munch on...

Ramp Up Your Early Spring Menu

The days are still cold and blustery, and the seeds of this summer’s cucumbers and corn are still months away from even being planted. But the very first wild green of the season,...

D to Prevent C-sections?

Running low on vitamin D might raise your risk of delivering a baby by caesarean section, according to recent research from the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Scientists...

Eat Live Food

I grew up eating what my brother and I used to refer to as “hippie food.” My mother made her own whole grain breads, dried fruit and roll-ups from her dehydrator, juices...

A Moveable Feast

A friend and I drive down a Berkeley street well past dusk. The lights in most houses aren’t on just yet — except for the one whose windows glitter and beckon like Christmas....

Kids

You know that delicious feeling you get from doing yoga — the clearer thinking, the suppler and stronger body, the improved mood? Your kids could be experiencing that, too. After...

Yes, We Chicken

When I told Tony, my neighbor, that I wanted to get chickens, his response was a litany of reasons why I should not: Noise. Smell. Bird flu. One by one, I dismissed each of his fears...

Vegan Soul Kitchen

The seed for my new cookbook, Vegan Soul Kitchen: Fresh, Healthy, and Creative African American Cuisine, was sown back in 2003 when I was asked to submit a recipe for a new book celebrating...