Anyone who has visited our home in San Francisco notices many images of Ganesh. He is the deity displayed with an elephant head. Ganesh is considered the remover of obstacles and patron of artists. What I like about him, besides… Continue Reading →

hen I turned twenty one, I went to Japan on a one-way ticket with $800 in my pocket. My poor parents were probably worried sick. I think about that now more often. All I took with me was a small… Continue Reading →

Dear friends and yogis,   Recently I checked out a book from my local library I read years ago, titled: “Yoga for people who can’t be bothered to do it.“ It’s a  series of quirky short stories, written by Geoff Dyer,… Continue Reading →

After a three-year hiatus, Cindy and I traveled back to Chiang Mai, Northern Thailand, and Siem Reap, Cambodia. During this time I wrote a series of emails to the students. I’m posting them here as a series.   Coffee and Yoga… Continue Reading →

To say that life has shifted over the last few years is undoubtedly an understatement. Not just for me personally, everyone of us has quite a story to tell. I met many of you originally at the gym, yoga center… Continue Reading →

As you may remember, last April the yoga classes were live streamed from Hawaii. One of the longtime students and personal friend, Rochelle, made her parents house generously available to me. I jumped at the opportunity to spend some extended… Continue Reading →

In my bodywork practice I usually ask new clients how they move their bodies. For lack of another term: what do you do for “exercise”? Often they tell me that they are practicing yoga. Frankly I don’t have the faintest idea what… Continue Reading →

Recently on an impromptu visit to Oakland, I discovered  a coffee shop on Broadway Avenue called “The Crown”. It is one of those places that takes coffee quite seriously, yet without a snobby vibe. I was charmed by a painting of… Continue Reading →

It seems like yesterday (actually about a year and a half ago) that Carrie, from Enso, asked me somewhat incredulously on the phone:”You want to call it Coffee and yoga with Robert?!” She may have repeated the question. I understood her hesitation.… Continue Reading →

n January 26, now almost a year ago, I celebrated my 65 birthday in Chiang Mai, Thailand. I had arrived a week earlier to get my bearings. I’ve been visiting Chiang Mai for well over twenty years now, consider it… Continue Reading →