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Author: Gianna Carini

04 Mar Mulabandha: The Root Lock

Muladhara is the Sanskrit name of the base chakra, and its name translates as root or foundation.  Here is where your roots dig deep, down into the earth to find grounding, nourishment, and support. Mulabandha is a yoga practice of muscular and energetic tightening of the...

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02 Nov Every Who in Who-ville

My childhood memories are laced with the sing-song rhymes of Dr. Zeuss books, many of which I read so many times I memorized them. As the election nears, the words of Horton Hears a Who echo in my brain. For those who might not remember this...

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23 Oct 100 Years of the Right to Vote

Isn’t it amazing that 2020, the year of hindsight, celebrates the 100th anniversary of American women’s right to vote? And if you think voter intimidation is a problem today, remember that women were jailed, beaten, and tortured for their “militant stand” for that basic right. African...

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25 Sep Saving the Unborn?

One of the prime reasons Conservatives want to appoint their own Supreme Court Justice is the issue of abortion. Their concern for the life of the unborn is their moral crusade, and they call themselves “Right to Lifers,” people who uphold the sanctity of life. Another...

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19 Jun Solstice as a Turning Point

There is a Jungian word I like to throw around that it seems no one has ever heard of: Enantiodromia. What it basically means is that when something becomes extremely one-sided, it creates a counter movement. (Technical definition: the tendency of things to change into...

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