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The Spaces Inbetween
A special pause happens in the space between Christmas and New Years. Less traffic, the...
(Un)spoiling the movie
Ever watched a movie with someone who had seen it a million times, who was narrating the film as it’s playing, …For all but the enlightened, our brains are doing that to us all the time. and this somewhat spoils our experience of our life.…
Just Listen
You know that classic scenario - someone just wants to be heard, and the person listening is...
Paradox, overwhelm, and finding your truth
"If you want to be on a spiritual path, you'd better get used to living in paradox." - Godfrey...
Ballad of the Accidental Killer
July 3, 1988 was a warm, beautiful, sunny day in Birmingham, Michigan. It was a few weeks into the...
Let Your Soul Play
"Your body is your soul, as perceived by your senses" - William Blake I love the way William Blake...
Pi relationships, and understanding the mind
It's 3/14: Happy Pi (π) day! π is a fascinating number, often rounded off to 3.14, that is...
Yoga and Emotions
How is emotional development connected with Surya Namaskar? I saw this question on Quora.com, and...
Yoga of Savoring
What times! Our culture and economy seem to be going through large shifts right now, hopefully...
Prayer for Agnostics
I heard this in a song from my incredibly talented friend through her Instagram post: my thoughts...
Freedom = Willingness to Feel
With bright, shining eyes, he approached and shared with me his experience from the class. He said...
Embody Gratitude
When the smoke cleared from the California fires, I deeply felt gratitude for clean air - for a...
Your pain is your power
It's 4am. I just woke up from an intense dream, where I leaving an enormous shopping mall, and...
Fall – letting go
Fall - The time of letting go - Releasing the leaves it's been creating since Spring, trees let...
Seeing Clearly When Triggered
Trigger warning: this is all about triggers. It was one of the hardest things I'd tried to teach....
Ending Suffering
I attended a beautiful meditation gathering last Friday, and after we sat, they posed a question...
Diving in
The lifeguards had already left, and I was ready to leave the beach, too. I was sitting in the...
Yoga teacher confesses: stretching is bad for you
If you take a rubberband with a knot in it and pull on each end, what happens? It gets longer from...
Post Election Trauma Yoga
Post Election Trauma Yoga Out here in the Berkeley area, I, and most of the people I’ve talked to,...
Smell, Shamelessness, and Liberation
While you may have smelled hot chocolate a million times, that smell might just trigger one...
Heart logic
If you want to live from your heart you’ve got to live in your heart Living in your heart requires...
Embody Your Potential
a seed pure potential lies dormant safe, listening awaiting ideal conditions to crack open and...
Fear of Safety and Bliss
I took a training a while back for workshop leaders to improve the workshops and retreats I'm...
Breaking a Habit – from Unconscious to Intentional
“Thank you for helping me break my addiction,” he said, with a grateful look in his eyes. I...
Resolution Hurdling
Today I am writing about New Years Resolutions, and how yoga practice supports the growth you...
For-giving back, for letting go
For many years I've counseled people around forgiveness. Forgiveness of themselves, forgiveness of...
Vulnerability = Strength
When you read that vulnerability = strength, what was your first reaction? To some of you, it may...
Establishing a state of gratitude
I'm so glad you're even looking at this post. Thank you. To help establish you in a deeper state...
When will I not be hurt at all?
I read the following in Swami Venkatesananda's "Insights and Reflections" and it has had such a...
Perfect vs. Ideal
How many of you know someone who accepts themselves just as they are? How many of you know people...
Karma, Samskara, Potholes and the Splits
Yoga and several other eastern philosophies are built around the concept of the wheel of karma and...
Yoga and Emotions
Leaving class the other day I overheard something both beautiful and curious. A student who was...
What is Spirituality?
I've been meeting with a group called the Center for World Spirituality. What's exciting to me...