Trust your vision and go with it. The suffering is not in the right or wrong, good, or bad. It is in the in between. The indecision. The middle ground where you're not all in or all out, But stuck stubbornly on the fence. Thinking, thinking, thinking... "should I this?" or "should I that?" The longer …
Under Pressure
Who are we when we're under pressure? This is one of the many questions our practice answers. I notice in my own life that when my practice becomes difficult, it is because I am making my life harder than it needs to be. So, I work through some stuff on the mat. Go through a …
The Light Itself
The pose, the day, the body's condition may be different, but the teaching is always the same. Be still. Listen. Watch. No judgements. No stories. Of course, they will come. But the teaching remains. No matter what arises within -- they are but frames on a reel of film. In practice we learn to see beyond the frames, instead …
Believe in the Unseen
*This piece was originally shared on Sequenched.com - a best kept online secret for yoga teachers in creating smart, integrated, and expansive classes that their students will love.* A yoga teacher and mentor once told me, “it’s easy to see what is going on in our students' bodies, but much more difficult to tell what is …
A Meditation Exercise to Reduce Stress
Thinking about meditation… during mediation? <--- Yeah. Guilty…. Where do your thoughts seem to gravitate to when you consciously quite your mind? Your answer will show you the thought patterns that create unnecessary stress in your life. For me, sometimes it seems every other thought during mediation goes back to thinking about building my career …
From Resistance to Absorption: A Simple Meditation Tip
A popular misconception about meditation is that we need to clear our minds of all thought. While on some level, meditation practice will eventually take us to a place where our minds feel free and clear, we cannot find this place by constantly trying to remove thought after thought. We must access this thoughtless realm using …
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Searching in all the Wrong Places: My Journey to Find God Where I Least Expected
I spent a long time searching for a spiritual home before I found yoga. Growing up in a half Catholic, half Jewish, all secular household — no spiritual tradition was ever forced upon me, or seriously emphasized. My parents simply taught my younger brother and I that we are connected to something greater than ourselves, …
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Following The Heart’s True North: a Road Map for the Journey of a Lifetime
Wouldn't it be nice if following our heart was as simple as reading a compass? Chasing our hearts desires is supposed to be a journey after all, leading us down our very own adventure of a lifetime. So why wouldn't the heart come equipped with the tools to help show us the way? In a …
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