Becky Blab

I’ve written an updated sharing of my account of life before & after Inner Engineering, as a guest post on Writers Rising. An excerpt: Anger, resentment, desolation—they followed me like stowaways, surfacing during my darkest moments. My health suffered as a result, and I knew that unless I tried something drastic, I’d never recover. So [...]

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On the 21st, the Summer Solstice, I volunteered at a free yoga event in NY’s Times Square for for yoga enthusiasts “to find tranquility and transcendence in the midst of the urban energy of the world’s most commercial and frenetic place.” I met lots of wonderful other volunteers, including Laura Butler, ISHTA yoga teacher, pictured [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving! Since today naturally lends itself to reflection, I figured it was a good chance to get back to blogging. I have been all-consumed by planning for the “My Conversations with the Mystic” event with acclaimed director Shekhar Kapur & Sadhguru–and I’m grateful it’s over! The event didn’t go quite as hoped (we weren’t able [...]

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The New York Times covers current medical research of hallucinogens: Scientists are especially intrigued by the similarities between hallucinogenic experiences and the life-changing revelations reported throughout history by religious mystics and those who meditate. The subjects’ reports mirrored so closely the accounts of religious mystical experiences, Dr. Griffiths said, that it seems likely the human [...]

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The book, “Raquel: Beyond the Cleavage,” has made the New York Times Best-seller List.  Has she actually transcended the beauty business thanks to age and yoga? “The thing about aging is that its got all these wonderful answers attached to it,” Welch said, adding that age alone should never define a person. I’m holding together just fine, [...]

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