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Why do you delay what is most important to you?

“Seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and all else shall be added onto you.” - Jesus "Since death is inevitable, why not do as the sages…

The world owes you nothing

What a difference your attitude makes. Some people live this life believing they deserve more. They are right - everyone continually deserves more - but…

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify

"Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify." Today my post is inspired by Henry David Thoreau and his classic work, Walden…

Home Practice: Hanuman's beginnings

This will be an ongoing series which is a practice you can do at home in your own time. Depending on the time you have available you can hold the poses for…

Emotional Chutes & Ladders

Kripalu Yoga teaches us to "ride the wave" of emotion using a technique abbreviated "BRFWA" -- Breathe, Relax, Feel, Watch, and Allow.…

Aparigraha – Taking nothing seriously

Aparigraha – non attachment, non grasping – is a key yogic principle. It’s often applied to external things, like possessions. But what I…

How to Replace Complaints with Contentment

A few months ago I was in a yoga class, and the instructor said something to the effect of: "Complaining is simply a rejection of the present…

Chanting Your Way to Joy

My First Kirtan Experience My first kirtan happened over 12 years ago, probably among one of the first couple of times I visited the Kripalu Center for…

We are all becoming. The Question is: Becoming What?

There's a goodness, a beauty, and a love that lives in our hearts -- it's who we are when we're not busy convincing ourselves we're not.…

Rebirth.

It’s getting colder.  Down into the 40s at night. The sun sets earlier and rises later. I walk Hank in the dark in the mornings. It’s…

Where is your mind now? And now...and now?

I believe that everyone should strive to be mindful, in everything we do--throughout our moments, hours, days, weeks, months, years and lives. This post…

Nutrition, Exercise and a Paradigm Shift.

I went to see a nutritionist ten days ago now. Not because I do not know how to eat healthy and properly, I’m aware of the whole; “Eat plenty of…

Begin Again

“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” Buddha The beauty about being human is that in every moment we…

Living the Yoga wisdom, my experience at teacher's training course

Living for 21 days in the womb of the Himalayas which have been a stronghold of yogic wisdom and spirituality for millions of people was magical and…

No profit in Santosha. Why Mitt's a Twit.

So here’s the thing. I was watching a video of American Presidential hopeful, Mitt Romney and he was talking about how 47% of Americans don&rsquo…

Poor Kids, Rich Kids, and Food

This post is a guest blog from Justin Locke, a long-time kindred spirit on the road to good mental and emotional health. This nutrition-focused excerpt from…

Miracle Daily: 3. Cain and Abel?

Ugly handwriting, this is the issue. Especially if you are 11 and it is not getting better after years of trying. Still more if you are changing school,…

Miracle Daily: 2. Touch bottom

My body screams in pain for a long while. For months. Last year, moving from India to Ireland, I was too busy to be perfect. Great mother, team working…

Wake up and Smell the Coffee! (Tips for Santosha)

Stop and look around once in a while.... Santosha – Contentment I have just realised that I am a real life Billy Goat’s Gruff –…

What Do I Suck At?

A few weeks ago, I found myself at an interesting blog post titled "What do you suck at?" by Danielle LaPorte. For the most part, I feel like…

What Makes You come Alive?

Don't ask yourself what the world needs - ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have…

Where to begin?

It’s such an exciting time right now for the yoga world. Suddenly it’s gone from this thing that your eccentric aunty did or you read about in…

Petitioning the Universe

Early in her book Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert describes an activity a friend had her do while she was waiting to hear from her lawyer about whether…

Walking in the air

This will be an ongoing series which is a practice you can do at home in your own time. Depending on the time you have available you can hold the poses for…

Yoga & Loss

As many folks know, my husband and I recently lost Ferris, our feline friend. In this blog post, I discuss some of the challenges of the situation from both…

Yoga's Place in the Workplace: Part 3

Today I return to my "Yoga's Place in the Workplace" series with the second yama (character-building restraint) called satya. (Please see Part…

6 Common Barriers to Meditation, and How To Overcome Them

Since I started leading a weekly meditation group a few months ago, I've chatted with lots of folks about meditation--both those who are interested (but…

What Women want when they Say "Nothing"

“The truth is, I often like women. I like their unconventionality. I like their completeness. I like their anonymity. ”  ~ Virginia Woolf…

The Yogi at a Dance Convention.

After not having set foot on a West Coast Swing dance floor for about 3 months, this past weekend I attended Boston Dance Challenge. I started doing this…

Home Practice: Step 3, Fly Free

This will be an ongoing series which is a practice you can do at home in your own time. Depending on the time you have available you can hold the poses for…

It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.

  What makes for happiness and self-acceptance over the long haul? When confronted by inevitable disappointment, how is it that some people are able…

Home Practice: Step two, plug in

This will be an ongoing series which is a practice you can do at home in your own time. Depending on the time you have available you can hold the poses for…

Attempts at resurrection.

 I was busy as she witnessed death and me again. She heard the story of how I found him dead, desperately forcing breath down his throat, hoping he…

What's outside is inside, what's inside is outside

  We've definitely witnessed the forces of nature over the last few weeks in the UK. Constant rain in the South East, much more like I remember…

Am I yogi enough?

One of the most ridiculous conversations I have been having with myself lately is: “Am I “yogi” enough to be a yoga instructor? I am…

Rejection 101.

  I’ve been a shoulder to a friend lately. All my shirts are wet from his tears. As I listen to the same story replay over and over and…

Polarities.

It is remarkable how often people respond to each other in opposite extremes - like children on a seesaw. If one goes up, the other goes down. As one…

Sex - The Hidden Tool of Enlightenment.

There is a good chance that the title of this chapter spiked your curiosity and you instinctively clicked on the link to take a peek at what this is all…

Patterns.

Each of us has emotional and behavioral tendencies that come out in our relationships. We're sensitive about certain things and we react in certain ways…

Be a Squirrel; 5 Ways to Move Beyond Fear.

Often referred to as anxiety, panic, or phobia, fear by any other name still indicates an attachment to the anticipation of something that has yet to…

The Ebb & Flow.

We are all a part of nature, and like the moon’s waxing and waning, the tide’s ebb and flow, and the rhythm of the seasons, we experience…

Self- Acceptance

Man can never accept himself and his faults; and in a way this is a good thing for it motivates him to overcome his apparent limitations and elevate himself…

Cockroaches and fear

心裡有鬼 每個人心裡都有一隻鬼。 牠神出鬼沒，善於偽裝，在最不適當的時候走出來，嚇你半死！ 我有一位表姊，她住的地方很簡陋，衛生情況欠佳。有次到她的家造訪，她正在找東西，打開了一個很 久沒有動過的櫃門，數以百計大大小小的蟑螂從裡面衝了出來，在場的我嚇得尖叫亂走！ …

Fearing your Face

If Love is the basis of Union then Fear is the basis of Separation, in short, Love unites and Fear separates. Fear is that single force that alludes us from…

The Process of Overcoming Fear.

  The sky was grey as heavy rain clouded my windshield on the drive to the supermarket. A less than enthusiastic shopper, such a destination fills me…

What's YOUR Love Language?

Sometimes we have moments or days that are just bad. They are exhausting, long, tedious, overwhelming and just plain ol’ bad. They are full of doubt,…

Bhagavad Gita for a Fish

  Gita for a Fish Let’s say you are a fish Swimming in the sea. Only you’re a very very smart fish, Smart enough to…

The Global Impact of Yoga

Worldwide, billions of people covet the industrial world's wealth and are replicating its system of modern consumerism as rapidly as possible. But what…

Connected

It is truly amazing how connected we are in this life. Recently, I read a networking article that claimed we are no more than six degrees of separation from…

Choose Stress

Since the publishing of my book, Choose Peace: A Practical Guide into Consciousness, I have noticed a funny trend in how people react to it. …

Healing in Haiti

I traveled to Haiti as one of a leadership team for the Urban Zen Foundation. As trained integrative therapists (UZITs) our objective was to ascertain…

The Tao: The way of Yin and Yang

The Tao of Health and Longevity “All the best medicines and good food in the world cannot help one achieve longevity unless   one knows…

What is Yoga?

When we hear the word yoga, what comes to mind for some of us (particularly those of us in the West) might be a type of exercise that involves…

Academic Advising: 5 Tips For An Ever Changin

Academic Advising within a higher education institution has a very special place in the life of the adult student. Many graduate level students are non…

Typing was my Vehicle of Change

  Dwight Morrow High School did not know what to do with me. I started out in the college-bound track, and about half way through my ninth grade…

Trust in Golf

When golfers go to the range or practice green and look for something that they can trust in their swing that tells me that they do not trust their swing…

The “Paradox” of Freedom

  To be completely honest, I am afraid of true freedom…  Correction: my mind and ego are afraid of true freedom.  Why? Because…

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Traffic Jam Lesson

I am probably the last one to share my experience of Freedom. So I will be short. Few weeks back I was driving my kids to school, then hurrying up to…

How Much Land Does One Man Need?

  The question: how much land does one man need? This is a very personal assessment, which can be made according to certain criteria. Having spent…

Freedom at the Bank

  A couple of months ago, I walked into a bank.  There was a photograph of a man sitting on top of a horse looking out toward the grand canyon…

Because I knew you...

This year, for the first time in my life, I have felt completely free! I have finally found a “job” that I love & can make money at everyday…

Pocit volnosti

  Pocit volnosti     Civilizace a její vývoj nám lidem dala obrovské možnosti - vzděláni,…

Sentirsi liberi

  La civiltà, la sua crescita e sviluppo ha dato a l´uomo delle grandi possibilità – educazione, cultura, scienza,…

Straight Walk, ALL THE WAY HOME.

“How many of us remember things how we want them to be?... You are retelling a story to a friend, and you are excitedly explaining a confrontation…

Diary of Yogi - True story

  Today in yoga class, all was going as usual. The sun-salutations were over – phew! But the excruciating standing postures were still going…

What is self-love all about?

Lately I have been hearing a lot about self-love. I have been reading from Gala Darling about Radical Self-Love, I have been reading yoga articles and blogs…

MENTAL PROBLEMS

MENTAL PROBLEMS Mental problems, phobias, fears and their elimination are such an important factor in our lives. The people who know that they have some…

Narad's Ego

NARAD'S EGO (from Shiv Puran, Dwitiya Rudra Samhita) Once the great sage and son of Brahma, Narad went to do great meditation in a deep Himalayan…