Process of Meditation
So many times I have heard, “I’ve tried meditating but my mind won’t stop thinking and I can’t sit still. I’m bad at it and can’t do it.” Look, I too felt that way until I learned about the process of meditation. All my expectations about it were way out in left field...Mindfulness Is Not Exclusively Buddhist
Why is it that whenever I mention Yoga, no one associates mindfulness and meditation with it? Modern Yoga has evolved away from the goal of Traditional Yoga, which is self-realization. Most people identify ‘mindfulness’ and ‘meditation’ as a practice within Buddhism,...Question Your Stories -They Just Might Be the Problem
In 2014, I was at a workshop with my teacher, Prasad Rangnekar. He just invited me, for the second time, to the next Yoga Teacher Training course in India. He invited me the previous year but I declined due to work obligations. With this second invite, I told him I...Move With Intention From Darkness to Light
This is quite an amazing week! It started off with the beginning of Hanukkah, moved to the longest night of the year with Winter Solstice, then the new moon, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. All of these celebrations and transitions hold the space of moving from darkness to...Are You Living a Mistaken Identity?
As I was putting up holiday decorations this past weekend and transformed my refrigerator, I started smiling. My refrigerator has its seasonal identity now! This made me think of the Kleshas, the obstacles that keep us from connecting with True Self, that are named in...
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