Sometimes the weight of life can seem heavy. You can either be crushed by it or learn how to carry the load. In the fall of 2016, I was traveling non-stop for my work with yoga master Tao Porchon-Lynch. At now almost 100 years old, she shows us how to live with vitality regardless of age. Dancing Light, the book we co-wrote (along with my mom Janie Sykes-Kennedy) won ten awards, and then Tao and I were featured in Athleta’s Power of She campaign. It’s been an exciting time. However, I’ve been experiencing a very strange dichotomy. In between amplifying Tao’s light, I have been fighting extreme darkness in the sunny state of Florida.
Mind & Spirit
Inspiration and tips to focus your mind and uplift your spirit.
What I Learned From The Greatest: Personal Reflections on Muhammad Ali
It was the mid-1970s and Muhammad Ali was my new hero. To me, a grade-schooler, he was larger than life and yet so down-to-earth. My parents were in his inner circle, which gave me magical memories and personal insights on greatness. At his Deer Lake training camp in Pennsylvania and the Concord Resort Hotel in the Catskills, I got to experience the Heavyweight Champion away from the crowds. I would sit on his lap while he taught me card tricks.
What Is Your Biggest Regret?
Do you play it safe or live full in? The toughest thing to deal with as time goes on is that one (or two, or three, or ten) things that you didn’t pursue in your life. This viral video by Strayer University demonstrates that lesson in a simple yet powerful way. A chalkboard was placed on a street in New York City asking strangers to write their biggest regret. See what three-words were used the most…