Awareness is a faculty of mind that you can cultivate. Defined as the ability to perceive, feel, know, or cognizant of, or in other words, the state of being conscious or aware. Awareness is happening in you right now. Just reflect for a moment and you will see that you are aware of many things…
Read MoreThere is perhaps no greater mystery than the breath. Ask yourself this—by what force were you empowered to take your first breath and by what force will you be compelled to take your last breath. In the space between your first inhalation and your last exhalation is the entire journey of your life. Each inhalation…
Read MoreIt’s hard to explain how a series of physical poses that bend, twist, and lift the body bring about deep healing and total life transformation. What may make this non-linear process more evident is to look at the ways in which we are all wounded and in need of healing. In contemporary Western culture there…
Read MoreFalling is the best way to learn balance. No one likes to hear that. We would all prefer if we could just decide to be in balance, whether physically, mentally or emotionally, and have it just be so. The reality of life is far from that. Well, I should say that there are people with…
Read MoreWe live in a mindset of accumulation. The idea that more is better in any circumstance fuels the endless cycles of consumerism that drive GDP. Sociologists have called this the culture of more. More clothes. More money. More stocks. More information. More photos. Bigger. Faster. Better. The culture of more is built on the premise…
Read MoreThis is the story about a girl who wanted to lift up. When she first started trying the impossible lift-ups in yoga, people told her not to bother trying. Your thighs are too big, they said. It’s only for gymnasts, they said. Only the strong dudes can do those lift ups, they said. That girl…
Read MoreYoga is Commitment— How to commit to yoga, whether you’re beginner or advanced You, like many others, may be thinking of starting or recommitting to yoga as part of your new year’s resolutions. With the best intentions, you may declare to your friends and family that you’re going to get on the yoga mat right…
Read MoreHint: Yoga is much more than just bending, twisting and lifting the body. Yoga as it is understood and practiced in the contemporary Western world usually begins with the body. Many students come to the practice in search of physical healing or physical benefits, such as increased flexibility or strength. Others come to the practice…
Read MoreI dreamt of fire last night. The flames closed in around an apartment complex that I, along with a community I was member of, was living in. The people at the very top in the fanciest apartments thought they were safe, but they weren’t. The fire came for them too. Everyone took shelter in what…
Read MoreIt may be hard for you to imagine this but I am not naturally strong, neither emotionally nor physically. The journey of strength has been one of the most fundamental and life-changing lessons of my yoga practice. At first it felt utterly impossible, the idea that a weak small girl like me would be able…
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