Jess Root
Jess Root is living her bliss, co-directing and instructing at Bodhisattva Yoga in Park Slope, Brooklyn -- and writing about wellness and travel. Her personal experience on the yoga mat and meditation cushion has taught her that true self-sustainability, simplicity, and slowing down are key ingredients for cooking up a successful global sustainability movement.
When Jess isn't running shop in Brooklyn, she's organizing and co-leading semi-annual domestic and international yoga retreats. You can find her and her crew on an organic farm in upstate New York or experiencing a little slice of paradise at a mom and pop hotel in the Caribbean. Anywhere nature prevails.
Jess has appeared in Budget Travel, E, the Environmental Magazine, MSN, and USA Today, and has presented talks at the Tibet Center and the Rubin Museum of Art.
Latest Stories from Jess Root - Page 3
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A Spanish Woman Owns the Sun. Now A Religious Group Owns Yoga?
It seems these days a lot of grown-ups are forgetting that wonderful lesson we learn as kiddos in pre-K called sharing. First we had a woman in Spain who
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MindBodyGreen Deals, the Groupon for Greenies
Groupon's pretty great for eco-bargain hunters like me-- in New York City, it has offered discounts on the likes of American Apparel, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and GustOrganics (as pictured above.) Not all of the sales stem from
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Science (& iPhone App) Backs the Meditation-Happiness Factor, Big Time.
There's a saying in the Buddhist tradition that I adore that goes, "If you can't sit with reality, it will sit with you." This
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Score $10,000 for Your Environmental Project From Sambazon
A while back, I interviewed brothers Jeremy and Ryan Black, founders of Sambazon on Planet Green. A few weeks ago I got to meet the duo behind the delicious acai drink, in person, over a cup of coffee in NYC's Waverly Diner. The
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3 Amazon Indigenous Villages Wiped Out with Deadly Epidemic
When I traveled to the Amazon Rainforest in 2008, scoping out the work of non-profit Projeto Saude e Alegria, I
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No Trick Treats Maps Healthy Halloween Candy
For the health conscious like me, Halloween candy that can lend to ill health is as spooky as un-fairly traded choco treats. I hate sounding like the grim reaper and all, but it's science -- not this blogger -- linking childhood
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The Death of the Yoga Mat?
Authentic Hatha yoga is already pretty minimalist. Spotted in The New York Times style section, a small group of yogins is taking it further--opting to sun salute on straight up floor rather than on their sticky
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Japanese Trends Worth Watching: De-ownership, Demonetization & De-materialism
It's hard to see Japan's sunny side of affairs beyond the red pool of blood in Taiji's cove. It's currently in the middle of peak dolphin killing season. When I read the following piece in Resurgence by Junko Edahiro, a
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John Friend: A Business-Yogi & Brand Guru
It was just another ordinary day, chatting with John Friend, Anusara yoga founder, over tea and lemonade at a café in Union Square, NYC...OK, not really. It was the kind of afternoon a yoga studio
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Can Mom's Low-Sodium Diet Determine Baby's Sex?
With an overpopulated planet a serious concern, you're likely not trying for a that perfect little bundle of feminine joy made of sugar and spice and everything nice. But if you are in the off chance, and still
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High on Electric Cars: Canada's Cannabis Cruiser
Image via: CBC News Hemp isn't only TreeHugger approved. It's won this green yogini over in the health department with its number of nutritional benefits. It's an animal-free source of essential fatty acid omegas, proteins and amino acids--all-important
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Eat Pray Love: A Life Lesson on Happiness
After devouring author Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir, Eat Pray Love, I was psyched to see it live on the big screen. I fell in love with Gilbert's post-divorce life story, and her thirst for self-discovery
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NYT Spotlights Yoga for Seniors, Not Just the Svelte
Amen! As an expert stepping ever more deeply into the often
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U.S. Health Care Industry Makes a Dent in Massive Medical Waste
If you've ever sat in the dentist's chair wondering where all those shiny, silver teeth-cleaning tools might end up one day, or perhaps contemplated the future of the bio-hazardous waste
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Chocri Customized Chocolate Bars: Organic, Fair Trade, Tasty
As a dark chocolate fan who happens to be surrounded by some of the tastiest locally made cocoa treats (like Brooklyn's Mast Brother's Chocolates)--I wouldn't often put in an overseas order for German-made bars. I like chocolate but I don't need a
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Hands in the Sand: A Volunteer's (Silly yet Satisfied) Perspective
As Matt put it, today's Hands in the Sand event was a refreshing take action way of channeling all the BP hate and directing it toward something positive. A global cry for
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Free NYC Yoga Event Kicks Off Summer
Big Apple Hatha yogins (or aspiring) with no plans for the evening of June 22 may want to scope out what's calling itself "the world's largest yoga event." Hosted by Flavorpill in partnership with JetBlue in Central Park, NYC,
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A Buddhist Monk's Vegetarian Diet to Minimize Chemical Exposure
Image via: Wonderlane/Flickr Weekday vegetarians ready to ramp up their meatless-ness may find inspiration in this recently released study in Environmental Health News. For five days, 25 study participants dwelled in a Buddhist temple and adopted a
