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I recently read an article on wellandgood.com that focused on psychologist and Harvard Professor, Natalie Dattilo’s tips for “End of Year Happiness.” Yogis have known for over 2000 years that many practices from positive psychology research are essential on the path...

Can giving gifts be a practice of Yoga? Yes! Gift giving is such a huge part of the December holiday season in the western world. Over the past several years, I’ve reflected more on this tradition. I know in both my family and my husband’s family, everyone has more...

Diwali is the yearly ‘Festival of Lights’ that is celebrated in India for 5 days. This year it begins on November 4th. There are different meanings to this holiday depending where you are in India. I personally like the meaning of finding the light within the darkness...

It’s October! Along with changing colors that are a feast for the eye, days cooling down, and the urge for more warmth both inside and out, it ends with Halloween!  What do goblins, ghosts and ghouls have to do with Yoga?  It is a holiday that is a wonderful reminder...

I remember coming back to the US in 2012, after living in India for two years, going to a few yoga classes and thinking, “when did handstands become the norm for inversions?” Where I was in India, I didn't see any handstands. I had just finished a 200-hour Yoga...

I just recently read some words that hit home and address the practice of living a heart-centered life instead of a fear-based life. “...Put into practice those words, ‘Resist not evil but overcome evil with good.’ It is easier said than done, but until it is done and...

I want to tell you about the day I realized 'I can't' was no longer allowed in my life. It's funny. I've spent a lot of time working with people - kids, adolescents, adults - uplifting them and helping them move past 'I can't.' Yet, I didn't' realize how powerful it...

Yoga is much more than a class that puts the body through different postures. In its traditional form, Yoga is a spiritual path of self-transformation and self-realization. Part of transformation ourselves relies heavily on transforming the mind. The well-known text,...

I’ve been observing within myself the pattern of ‘proving myself’ for probably close to 20 years. It’s a pattern that was taught to me by my parents. And to them by their parents. I’m sure continues to go back further into my family tree. This is a pattern that I see...

Self-awareness is an important tool in regulating emotions, creating lasting change in our lives, and on the journey of any spiritual path. I see it as a first step and I teach everyone I work with how to do it, as well as what to do with the information that is...