TOO MUCH INDEPENDENCE?

TOO MUCH INDEPENDENCE?

US Independence Day is this week. I took some time to read the Declaration of Independence, which I don’t think I’ve ever read in its entirety before. It documents the reasons why the 13 colonies reached a point where the support of the British Royal Crown no...
Anger Comes From Unchecked Desires

Anger Comes From Unchecked Desires

There’s been an interesting reaction happening in my mind and body the past month. The observation comes from being in the US after living in South Korea the past two years. I’ve noticed an increase in thoughts around desires. Specifically, the urge to buy stuff I...
Applying Yoga To Earth Day

Applying Yoga To Earth Day

Happy 2025 Earth Day! This day, to honor our collective home on this planet, there are three Yoga principles that come to my mind: Ahimsa, Asteya, and Brahmacharya. Even though these principles are thousands of years old, they are amazingly relevant to the present....
Yoga Of Emotions Part 2

Yoga Of Emotions Part 2

One of my favorite lines from the Bhagavad Gita states that we alone can be the friend to ourselves or the enemy to ourselves. From last week’s blog, the message was that anxious and uncomfortable emotional reactions don’t need to be fixed. Because when we come at...
Yoga Of Emotions – Part 1

Yoga Of Emotions – Part 1

Chances are if you’re feeling stuck right now in anxious reactions, it’s not the first time. And, most likely you’ve tried some things, have some tools that work at times, and you keep on the lookout for new techniques that might get rid of anxiety. This week, several...
Worry: From Wasted Energy To Empowerment

Worry: From Wasted Energy To Empowerment

I have made statements in the past that ‘worry is the most energy draining emotion…it is wasted energy.’ While this has some truth, it’s not the whole story. In fact,  only believing worry is wasted energy creates separation from self, which then...