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Straight, Out of the Closet

April 27, 2019 By Marc Holzman 12 Comments

Let’s just say my relationship with straight men is confusing. I was harshly gay-bullied all through elementary school and much of high school. And while I harbor no resentment towards the male species, I have often felt that I had to work too hard to find common ground between us. Until this past weekend … […]

To Reveal, or Not to Reveal? That is the Question.

February 4, 2019 By Marc Holzman 3 Comments

How much information should a yoga teacher reveal? When is personal information too much? In an article in the New York Times entitled Students Learn from the People They Love, the author–a rather dry, conservative, buttoned-up Yale professor–recounts that he wrote an email to his students simply stating that he had to cancel office hours […]

Blood and Yoga

September 16, 2018 By Marc Holzman 2 Comments

Ten years after heart surgery, blood work is still a challenge for me. Taking daily anticoagulant medication (blood thinners) requires blood monitoring every four weeks, and it’s my least favourite ritual. It keeps me feeling like a perennial patient. Having sampled countless phlebotomists from all over the world, I’ve become an astute connoisseur in, well, […]

AYURVEDA 101: Origins and Purpose

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