Contentment
Contentment is a cornerstone quality for yogis but it's not as popular as contentment's sister quality happiness. There are countless books, philosophies, and practices [...]
Possibility
This week's Principle of Yoga is possibility. I'll be completely honest with you. I feel like possibility is one of those airy-fairy words. My skepticism/cynicism [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The One Way to Practice Yoga
Patanjali's Yoga Sutras are amazing in their specificity while at the same time offering up quite a lot of latitude. This is the art of [...]
Get Clear on Meditation
One of the reasons why the yoga sutras are somewhat hard to understand for a first-time reader is because of the presentation and organization of [...]
Align the Mind
Alignment is a buzz word these days in the yoga world. Since more and more people are practicing yoga, and more people are speaking out [...]