Yogic Wisdom From The Bhagavad Gita

Yogic Wisdom From The Bhagavad Gita

One of my students recently sent me a quote from someone who wrote about the Bhagavad Gita, which touched her. We had been messaging each other about the reality of the Yoga Asana class I teach at her home being cancelled due to the recent flooding in the Bangkok...
The Opportunity Of A Joyful Mind In Every Moment

The Opportunity Of A Joyful Mind In Every Moment

I remember driving up the San Luis Valley a number of years ago, up towards Salida when all the sudden my head swiveled. We quickly passed a sign that read: Joyful Journey Hot Springs. I knew immediately I had to get there at some point. It took a number of years to...
Mental Wellbeing By Cultivating Single Pointed Focus

Mental Wellbeing By Cultivating Single Pointed Focus

Traditionally, one of the common threads of the many paths of Yoga is cultivating a focused, inward-focused mind. In fact, if your Yoga practice is not helping your mind to do this over time, it’s important to reassess your practice. There are 3 shlokas or verses from...
What The Heck Is Karma Really?

What The Heck Is Karma Really?

One of the most widely known words from India is the Sanskrit word ‘karma’. It gets used in the English language when something bad happens after acting in a negative way – “That’s karma getting you.” Or it’s used much in the same way morality and sinning are...
Grief Is A Reflection Of Love

Grief Is A Reflection Of Love

Change is constantly happening. One moment things are one way and in the next completely different.  Every time change happens, it is an ending and a beginning. The school year is ending in the US and summer break begins. But endings aren’t always physical. They can...
Soften The Clinging In The Face Of Impermanence

Soften The Clinging In The Face Of Impermanence

I’ve spent the past two months watching an ending and a beginning manifest before my eyes outside my window. The ending was a building being dismantled from top to bottom. The beginning was seeing two open fields cleared and then surrounded by a tall fence as...