I keep seeing workshops taught all over the world all about chakras. Workshops to “balance,” “align,” “tune-up,” “detox,” and “clear” Chakra...
There's no reason for anyone to practice shoulder stand anymore, because we all spend hours everyday in the same position - staring at phones, laptops, and tablets. We need to spend more time stretchi...
Does the pursuit of our own enlightenment necessitate a withdrawal from the world? Does embracing a deeper spirituality take us up, out, and away from the experience of being present in our communitie...
I became I followed a wave today its soft rising, falling, shapes, contours its crests became familiar as the lines on my palm, shape of my thigh I saw this wave how it lifted, fell, was separate yet ...
In Latin the word quintessence refers to the fifth element, that which permeates all others. Today, it means the most perfect example or embodiment of a thing. We rarely see this word in yoga, and yet...
“As a samurai, I must strengthen my character; as a human being I must perfect my spirit” ~Yamaoka Tesshu, Founder of Shoden Muto-Ryu School of The Sword If you tell most people that yoga ...
The astonishing, inspiring – and yet deeply human – life of Dr. Nishtala Prahlada Sastry (better known today as Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati); a top nuclear scientist who walked away from his post ...
Why do people love bullies? Because bullies win...
Wild Thing and Variations of Wild Thing!...
Guilt is good. Guilt is the emotion we experience that let's us know we have done something wrong, and relief only comes when we make amends. But many people avoid or outright deny guilt. ...