The Limitless Joy of Being Yourself.
More and more of us are feeling it, and more and more of us are realizing that just by being ourselves, we are changing the world.
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Yoga
The Tender Grief Point of Yoga.
For my first eight years of Yoga, it was just one painful game of let’s see how quickly these 60 minutes pass and how much of it I can avoid spending in my body, in feeling. I was not open to the possibility that Yoga was anything but physical.
How Meditation Saved Me in the Fight Against My Body.
Much like any other remedy or proposed fix out there, I became a sucker for the benefits that the practice of meditation claimed to produce, and thought, "Sure, why not?” While I was initially only interested in meditation for superficial reasons, I quickly became fascinated with its ...
The Way of the Yogin.
I believe the yogin, just like the martial artist, is another embodiment of the warrior archetype. It takes the endurance of the warrior to confront what arises in the stillness of the present moment.
Making Lemonade When It All Goes Tits Up: a Survival Guide.
Here is a prescription that I choreographed over the years, one I hope will assist the resilient as well as the sensitive souls. You can use it when your plan gets wiped out, when your hormones are playing havoc with your mind, and when you are simply and continuously being asked to keep making ...
What Is Yoga, Really?
Patanjali recognized this inherent limitation. In his often quoted and sourced Yoga Sutras, he states in one of the opening verses that Yoga is 'chitta vritti nirodha', roughly translating to 'the restraining or end of all fluctuations of the mind'.
Feminist Yoga: What the World Needs.
To remove the veil of avidya or ignorance and false perception is a goal of Yoga practice. Similarly, removing the false veil of patriarchy which has us value only one perception of the world, the Masculine, is a goal of the feminist.
Don’t Buy the Snake Oil: When Patriarchy Masquerades as Tantra.
Drink this snake oil, and you will be fixed/enlightened/saved. Take this workshop, and you will be feminine enough to catch an awakened man.
Lady Justice. {poetry}
I called upon Lady Justice and my birth sun of Libra to help me to see all sides and facts clearly. I wore my hat of Saraswati as I researched for endless hours, dug through miles of false media, until finally I saw it -- the bright qualities and the severe flaws of both presidential candidates.
Why the World Needs Your Light More Than Ever, and What to Do About It.
The light doesn't say to the shadow 'You're bad, go away now', but instead envelops it in a warm embrace, and the shadow naturally dissolves into the light.