After several months of steady use, your yoga mat’s odor may get distracting in the nose-down positions of the cobra or locust. But, “once avidya is lifted, the best solutions are often the simplest,” claims the ad copy for this yoga mat wash. Developed by clever yogini Selena Stirlen, this all-natural brew can be used…

I didn’t marry until I was 36, so I had about 15 years of heartache-y holidays–alone, unprotected, and bummed that nobody loved me. Or so I thought. For many people, the period from Thanksgiving to New Year’s is miserable and unmanageable. People rush, drink, and argue to excess. As we prepare to wrap up another…

I don’t know if you’ve got plans the evenings of November 27th and 29th, but you may well be struggling with a weighty decision: whether or not to lower yourself enough to watch O.J. Simpson talking on Fox about how he would have murdered his wife and her friend Ron Goldman if he had murdered…

James Taylor’s newly-released holiday album is essentially a refurbished collection from 2004, and I’ve got to tell you, having just spent the morning with it: It retains its highs and lows. Old Baby James’ renditions of “Jingle Bells” and “Winter Wonderland” have a sleepy, detached, I’d-rather-be-on-Martha’s-Vineyard-quality–which is really too bad since I suspect they’re gonna…

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