I’ll never forget the feeling of walking my dog up the hill near my house. Normally this hill wouldn’t bother me, but now my heart felt like it was pounding out of my chest. As I continued to climb, sweat began to pour off me as if I had just sprinted a mile. Though I had easily climbed…
Handstands are elusive…at least to me, that is. The reason is simply because I’m afraid of them. I’m a yoga teacher who’s afraid of handstands. It might sound crazy, but of all the yoga asanas (aka. poses) out there, it’s the one that dredges up a deep-seated fear that might not make any sense since…
After meals, I just LOVE a piece of delicious dark chocolate. And sometimes a piece turns into the entire bar. I certainly don’t mean for this to happen, but I do admit my love of chocolate can take over and before I know it, I’ve eaten more than I had planned. And that’s all changed…
Dear Media (who’ve written negative articles on the gluten-free diet), It has come to my attention numerous times over the past year that you are really not a fan of the gluten-free lifestyle. You openly mock us in articles and insist that those of us who actually live a more health-filled life abstaining from gluten…
There are some things in life that you miss when you have to give them up, especially when a good substitute just ISN’T possible. Or, when you simply can’t ‘cheat’ once in awhile and try even a little. The natural inclination is to truly miss what you can’t have. But that’s life, right? For me,…
Do you ever look at the back of a food product to see where it’s made? I do. I often wonder where food is produced so that I can do my best to support US companies as well as eating food that’s grown and produced here. My ultimate goal is to eat as local as…
It was a lovely evening in the Fall back in 2007 and I accepted an offer from my friend, Frank, to dine at a well-known and reviewed Italian restaurant. I’d heard that the homemade pasta was to DIE for! In my pre-gluten-free days, this kind of stuff used to excite me. I have memories of…
As you may know, it’s critical to find gluten free body care products IF you are really going to live a gluten free lifestyle. Otherwise, there’s always this chance that you’ll end up with gluten in your mouth or inhaled and thus injected. And for some people, they experience rashes and outbreaks because they are…
Get ready, get set, GO gluten-free! Or at least that’s what I took away from visiting the trade show floor of Natural Foods Expo East this past weekend in Baltimore. Literally, every other company was showcasing either a reformulation of a former non-gluten-free product OR a new gluten-free product line. It was ridiculous how much…
Baking is an art in and of itself and I’m a total wannabe baker. It’s something that I don’t really have the time to do. I used to make Christmas cookies with my mom, but that was pretty much the extent of my baking experience. It’s one thing to bake with wheat flour, but adding…
