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Make the Real World Your Ideal World

June 10, 2016 by V.R.M. - No Comments

Imagine a place with no cellular service, no wifi (ok, really terrible wifi that’s not really worth using – so close) and where someone peering into their phone is a rare sight. Now add to that a bucolic setting that reminds you of the camp where you spent summers as a kid, but instead of tug-of ...

The Power of Community: How Your Clan Strengthens You at the Race Track, the Yoga Mat and Beyond

July 20, 2015 by V.R.M. - No Comments

I first joined the Rally Sport Region Porsche Club in 2007 after I inherited a 996 from my father. My brother handed me a copy of the performance driving bible, Speed Secrets, and said, “if you’re going to drive that Porsche, you should learn to do it properly.” Sportscars and race tracks were ...

New Year’s Resolutions – Go Ahead, Make Some.

December 31, 2014 by V.R.M. - No Comments

Earlier this week, I asked the Facebook community to share their thoughts on New Year’s resolutions. Were they planning on making them, and if yes, what were their plans? The responses did not disappoint. “No. When I identify something about my life that is compelling enough to inspire an e ...

Is Ego Getting in the Way of Your Photos (and Selfies)? Me Too.

November 2, 2014 by V.R.M. - 4 Comments

Last Summer, I found out yoga photographer Robert Sturman would be offering 30-minute photoshoots in Chicago on Oct 16th. The opportunity was just too perfect: I love yoga, and I love Chicago. I would be turning 42 that month (and after cancer, every birthday, wrinkles and all, warrants a big celebr ...

Think a Race Track Ride is Scary? Try Parenting.

August 6, 2014 by V.R.M. - 1 Comment

People often ask me whether I get scared while driving or riding in a car at the race track, and I usually say, “not really.”If I am doing the driving, there are very few times when adrenaline creeps in, usually when I am working on a faster lap and I commit to braking less or taking a corner fa ...

Want to Improve Your Driving? Try this “Yoga for (Race Car) Drivers” Sequence

April 15, 2014 by V.R.M. - 2 Comments

Once upon a time, yoga was an esoteric, sedentary activity for earth lovers, world travelers and followers of the Grateful Dead. My, how things have changed...these days, yoga is mainstream, and I am willing to bet you know at least one person who practices regularly.In the U.S., there are many vari ...

Expectations: Why Teaching the Ones We Love is Often the Hardest

January 29, 2014 by V.R.M. - 1 Comment

It's humorously ironic. As a mother, my number one responsibility (as I see it) is to turn my daughters into two decent, happy people. And yet, some days, I am the last person they want to learn from. When considering how challenging it is to teach my girls, it occurred to me that teaching the ones ...

To Drive, Just Because.

February 15, 2013 by V.R.M. - 2 Comments

I learned to drive on a 1985, 5-speed Honda Civic CRX Si. There was nothing luxurious about my first car, which was already 7 years old when my Mom helped me buy it before I left for college. A high school friend, who had received a brand-new white convertible BMW as her graduation present, laughed ...

Make the Real World Your Ideal World

The Power of Community: How Your Clan Strengthens You at the Race Track, the Yoga Mat and Beyond

New Year’s Resolutions – Go Ahead, Make Some.

Is Ego Getting in the Way of Your Photos (and Selfies)? Me Too.

Think a Race Track Ride is Scary? Try Parenting.

Want to Improve Your Driving? Try this “Yoga for (Race Car) Drivers” Sequence

Expectations: Why Teaching the Ones We Love is Often the Hardest

To Drive, Just Because.

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