Rita the Wonder

Hi, Boomers, I’m embarking on the speaking journey that will bring a year’s work to fruition. After a year of thinking and writing and editing my speech, “Retirement Is Not An Option: Act 3,” I am now heading out into

The Gift You Give Yourself

It’s the holiday season. We are probably thinking about buying gifts for family and friends right now. But have you thought about giving yourself a gift? How many times do you give yourself a really important gift in your life?

Have An Attitude of Gratitude

Hi, Boomers, Today I was feeling gratitude all day, and yes, it was raining and I got soaked walking through Brentwood and I didn’t care. I had the most marvelous day. I woke up fresh because I didn’t dance tango

AGING: IT AIN’T SO BAD, SISTER

Hi, Boomers, I gave a speech last Saturday afternoon to a group at the Venice Library. As you may or may not remember, my speech is on the topic of retirement: “Retirement Is Not An Option: Act 3.” It was

MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN – I STILL WORRY

How many of you are having issues with your grown children? I don’t mean the kind of issues that involve misbehaving, drug use, partying, flunking out of college, road trips that go nowhere, getting girls pregnant, making a first bad

Surrender To The Bliss

Hi, Boomers, In my last blog post, I mentioned that I wanted to write about a class I teach at UCLA. It is a six o’clock class that is essentially at beginning yoga class that I think is exceptional. I

Amazing Grace

Dear Boomers, I was planning on blogging about my beautiful yogis and yoginis that I teach every day, about how their grace inspires me hourly, how their positive energy fills the rooms with joy and hope. And I still want

WHIRLING DERVISH

Hi, Boomers, Fall arrives and the air feels crisp, or the fog rolls in with inversion layers, or the heat rises up in an Indian Summer with aggressive tentacles and I wonder where the year has gone. Winter will be

Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

Hi, Boomers, I just returned from my 50th high school reunion. I’m still in a euphoric state. Fifty years! I can’t even comprehend that much time has passed since I graduated. 1961 – Go Wildcats. There are those who hated

Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Hi, Boomers, It’s a very sad morning for me and it seems for most of our country. One of our heroes passed away – not unexpectedly – but the headline made it more real. Steve Jobs, one of Americans icons,