"Life is a lot like holding a pot in your bare hands - it hurts! Yoga is realizing that you can let go of the pot. We're holding on so hard to our ideas about ourselves, and holding on…
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the language of yoga
Many people have the misconception that it's about the Universe or the Cosmos or even god rewarding/punishing based on actions we take.” It's not about this at all, she says, and there's no third party judging or orchestrating the…
We get entrained by those around us. You become a different person if you hang out in a bar versus satsanga with people studying and practicing to be their best selves. It's sort of like 'you are what you…
Duhkha is almost always translated as suffering and something to avoid. But it’s more like uneasiness, or discomfort. Duhkha is not something that we can really get rid of, it’s something that resides within us, always. Even when you’re…
Kirtan is a call-and-response style of mantra chanting, which makes it even more audience-participatory than other styles of music. …
So sadhana is as simple as that: it's any practice that can foster change. …
As Jason Crandell says, what you want to do in ujjayi breath is reduce the aperture of the throat to get slow, smooth, regulated breath. …
And this attention-shifting is important whether you're having a rough day, or whether you just want to express your gratitude to the universe, and to the power and importance of change. …
The suffix "tra" generally translates as tool or instrument, making tantra an instrument by which to weave.…