The Evolution of the Yoga Teacher
This is meant to be the beginning. The beginning of a conversation. The beginning of a larger inquiry into the role of the yoga teacher [...]
A Thanksgiving Yoga Practice
Another Thanksgiving holiday, another week (or month) of yoga teachers preaching gratitude for your Thanksgiving yoga practice. Which is great except that gratitude also feels good [...]
How to Consciously Create Your Own Inspired Life
Most everyone wants to lead a fulfilling life. What constitutes fulfilling is subjective but the universal desire to be remembered remains. If you've ever had [...]
Surrender is the Secret of Yoga
Yoga Sutra 1.15 "At the highest level of detachment there is an absence of any cravings, either for the fulfillment of the senses or for [...]
Success in Yoga
Success is a funny concept. The concept itself assumes we are trying to achieve something. Entire cultures create external markers to judge success against and [...]
Overcome doubt with yoga
The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali outline 9 types of interference when it comes to developing mental clarity. Yoga Sutra 1.30: "There are nine types of [...]
Organize your life with yoga
One of the defining principles of yoga is discipline. The Sanskrit term for discipline is tapas (not to be confused with spanish snacks). Tapas happens [...]
The Opposites Mantra to Release Negative Emotions
As a child, did you ever play opposite day? Everything someone said you would pretend they said the opposite. Funnily enough, this is a yoga [...]
Solar Eclipse Yoga Ritual
The recent solar eclipse provides powerful energy that can be harnessed for transformation in our personal and spiritual lives. Today I offer up a solar [...]
Yoga Lessons from Life
Yoga lessons are abundant in daily life if we are open to receiving them. Over the past year and a half I have grown exponentially [...]