Letting Fall
Turning with the Season, Turning Toward the Practice This is the time of year to shed anything you don’t need for your journey and travel light. The herons know this. I saw one today devouring minnows along the shore preparing for their long southward migration. The golden rod knows this …
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Follow Your Bliss
The best thing to do through a lifetime is to follow your heart and trust where it takes you. As Joseph Campbell famously said, you have to follow your bliss. You have to listen to your inner most longing and learn to live your passion. The key is to come …
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A Sense of Humor
With all the craze going on in the world today, you have to find small ways each day to laugh, or at least chuckle, at the absurdity of things. Start with the goings-on in your own home, observing not only the peculiar habits of the people you love but your own …
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The Ocean of Awareness
The ocean is the greatest teacher. In staying on the Atlantic for a month it is amazing to witness constant fluctuations in tide, wind, current and temperature. Wave after wave the ocean is always different. Like the many passing moments in a day, the ocean changes constantly. At the same …
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Threads of Remembrance
In Memory of My Mother, Susan Little by Tias Little There are so many brilliant and diverse threads woven together in loving memory of my mom, Susan Little. At her memorial, under the great oak trees and along the banks of the Green River, I found myself threading together a …
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The Wisdom of No Mistakes
All too often, we get stuck in the belief that things are good or bad, right or wrong. Today, around the world, this split is no doubt a source of real division and harm. This is why each day we need to put into practice “The Wisdom of No Mistakes”. …
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Get up, Stand up
With democratic principles being torn away from us weekly, it becomes harder and harder to deliver yoga niceties in the classroom and on social media posts. Phrases like “open to grace”, “be your true self”, “don’t be attached”, “be compassionate” are helpful but the real question for all leaders today …
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Tracking You
In the data driven culture of today, more and more people are turning to self-monitoring devices to track their progress. From the Oura Ring to the Fitbit Charge, people who were only ten years ago relying on yoga, Pilates and a whole foods diet, are now turning to Big Data …
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The Yoga of Falling in Love
You can never really conjure up the state of yoga. It is impossible to engineer or will your way to the state of union. The great union happens in the way we fall in love. It is a moment outside of our control, beyond our capacity to guide. In practice …
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The Wonderful State
Yoga is never about mastery. It is not about becoming perfect in the poses, becoming pure, or attaining enlightenment. Rather, when you enter your morning practice, simply slough off expectation, clear any cobwebs from your heart and mind, and open both arms. Go to the place where inspiration, hope, and …
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