The Path of a Spiritual Warrior

The Path of a Spiritual Warrior

by Sumya Anani | July/August 2009 – YOGA CHICAGO: I’ve been walking the spiritual warrior’s path for 13 years now. It formally started August 12, 1996, the day I stepped into a boxing ring for my first professional fight. Read the full article here.  ...
Seven Habits of Health for Mind, Body, & Spirit

Seven Habits of Health for Mind, Body, & Spirit

by Sumya Anani | July 1, 2009 – Femme Fan: Living a healthy lifestyle isn’t complicated. It’s pretty simple actually. Are you ready? Health is a habit. That’s it. Period. The end. According to Webster’s Dictionary, a habit is “an acquired behavior pattern regularly followed until it has become almost involuntary.” Making healthy choices becomes a habit; a practice. Like brushing your teeth, or saying thank you or stopping when the light is...
3rd Annual Yoga Retreat in Negril, Jamaica

3rd Annual Yoga Retreat in Negril, Jamaica

by Sumya Anani | December 2, 2007 – I went on vacation to Negril, Jamaica for the first time in December 1994. I got a job offer, came back to KC, sold my car, packed a few suitcases for me and my then 4 year old son. I quit a job that paid $500 U.S. a week for my new job in Jamaica that paid $50 U.S. a week! Three weeks later, we were Jamaica bound! Read the full article...
Woman’s Work: Traditional Jobs Get the One-Two Punch

Woman’s Work: Traditional Jobs Get the One-Two Punch

by Anita Parran | March/April 2007 – FLOURISH MAGAZINE: Anani is ranked second in the junior welterweight class of women boxers.  The four-time world champion has a record of 25-3-1, with nine knockouts (KOs) according to www.womenboxing.com  Prior to donning boxing gloves, the 5’6″ champ was a weightlifter and began her career in this nontraditional field in 1996.  Yet women and boxing has a long history. Read the full article...