Santosha teaches us to subvert the hype of our consumerist culture

If the modern marketplace is a jungle, AI driven ad content is the alpha predator. WIth hyper personalized ad content created to ...

What the Yoga Practice of Tapas Teaches Us About Inner Peace

We were kneeling on the stone hearth in front of the massive fireplace of our old farmhouse. My hands were covered in newsprint from rolli...

What if your purpose has nothing to do with your income? 

In western society, we often associate our “purpose” with our line of work or profession. 

But in yoga philosophy, Dharma or “purpose” descr...

Before there is asana…

As usual, I walked into the gym with my head consumed by to-do lists and mental chatter. When I got into the ladies’ locker room, I brushed something off of my shoulder.

I loo...

 There are literally infinite ways to injure yourself.

I have spent over thirty years as a physical therapist.

Most of those years were in outpatient orthopedics and if I learned one thing it is ...

In a world where we battle for attention, the Yamas as us to practice restraint. 

If a novice practitioner were to consult Instagram to answer the question of “What is Yoga”, they could not be fau...

The power of this sacred chant may just lie in the silence after the AUM

First there was AUM. It has been said that the sound of AUM (or OM as it is often written) was the initiation of the Universe....

With all of the gravitas bestowed on speech, our real power as humans may rest in our power to listen. 

As novice Yoga instructors we are taught that the throat chakra is composed of our organs of...

What is Your Inner Universe Trying to Tell You? 

Anyone who has spent any time struggling to fall asleep in a space that is too bright or too loud can tell you that the human brain needs to shu...

LONGEVITY AND YOGA 

Longevity is often defined as the length of one’s life, but the term can also represent a deeper idea. The concept of longevity reflects the natural human desire not just to...

Most inquiries begin with an observation about the world around us.  

We live in an era with unprecedented access to information at all times, day or night. No doubt our ancestors would be overwhelme...