Wisdom Karen’s Articles on wisdom & mindful living Are You Ready to Open Up?Examined Life, 48 Hills, March 2021 On Remembering a Year We’d Rather ForgetExamined Life, 48 Hills, January, 2021 Being Human at a Time Like ThisExamined Life, 48 Hills, November 2020 Replace Existing NormalExamined Life, 48 Hills, April 2020 A Year To Love For No ReasonExamined Life, 48 Hills, Jan 2020 On Shaky Ground: What it Means to Be Hanging on in SFExamined Life Column, 48 Hills, April 2019 When Our Bodies Break DownExamined Life column, 48 Hills, February 2019 Life is Hard. Say Yes to That.Examined Life column, 48 Hills, December 2018 Power, Patriarchy, and the Imperfect GuruExamined Life column, 48 Hills, August 2018 Far to Fall: We must stop expecting our heroes to be heroicExamined Life column, 48 Hills, June 2018 Don’t Just Sit There—ListenExamined Life column, 48 Hills, April 2018 Love and the Lost Art of FriendshipExamined Life column, 48 Hills, February 2018 New Year’s Resolutions … Good Practice or Delusion? Examined Life column, 48 Hills, January 2018 Reclaiming Sacred Spaces in the Digital AgeExamined Life column, 48 Hills, December 2018 The Subtle Power of Me TooExamined Life column, 48 Hills, October 2018 How Meditation Practice Can Support Your Artistic Practice(essay), Yogagenda, 2017 The Beautiful Path to Now(cover story on Yoga Exhibit at Asian Art Museum), San Francisco Bay Guardian, 2014 The Yogic Writer: Heart of Darkness, Heart of LightThe Yogic Writer: Heart of Darkness, Heart of Light In Defense of Yoga Pants(editorial), Elephant Journal, 2012 Awakening the Artist(feature on yoga and creativity), Yoga International, 2011 Miraculous Practice(feature on transformation), Yoga Journal, 2011 Scholar’s Retreat(Q&A with Robert Svoboda), Yoga International, 2010 On Solid Ground(article on restorative Yoga), Yoga Journal Afterburn(essay on grief), FitYoga The Anti-Anxiety Practice(article on yoga & anxiety), FitYoga Body and Breath(article on the intersection between yoga and Buddhism), Tricycle, 2005