Big Sky Mind
In our practice it is important to develop a big wide view of things. In fact as soon as we lie down for practice, we open our awareness infinitely in all directions–below, above and all around. This actually is an old yogic technique used to recognize the spaciousness of the mind …
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Lady Liberty
Image: Trans Forming Liberty, Amy Sherald, 2024 If you have visited the Statue of Liberty perched at the East gate to New York City harbor, you will read at the foot of Lady Liberty herself, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free/The wretched refuse …
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Mental Floss
For body-mind hygiene you have to floss each day. If not, gummy, gunky, sticky bits will lodge in your connective tissue and you are prone to decay. Start by flossing your nerves. Do stretching, sliding and brushing movements to lubricate and protect your nerve fibers. Without flossing, gluey tension builds …
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Finding the Sweet Spot
Inside every pose there an optimal point of balance, a sweet spot, where all the connective tissues of the body harmonize. It is point of perfect tension between grounding and lifting, flexion and extension, expanding outward and pulling in. In yoga, this “sweet spot”  has the quality of sukha a word that …
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The Wisdom of Not-Getting
One of the most compelling and subtle instructions of the Buddha was his teaching on non-attainment. The essential point of no-attainment is that you don’t ever really “get” anything in this life that is yours to keep. And in spiritual practice you do not “get” enlightened or “master” yoga. Realizing …
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Looking for a Yoga Retreat That Feeds Your Body and Soul?
In this retreat, you will learn how the precision of alignment in the postures can be a direct path toward the physiological experience of equanimity, compassion, and joy. Drawing from their life-time journey on the path of yoga, Surya and Rebecca share their unique and complementary perspectives on how to …
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Chill Yoga
In July with heat blazing all around the world, it is best to do practice that keeps you cool. But since Hot Yoga was popularized 50 years ago, sweaty, stinky, mat-drenching yoga has been the standard. But today with outside temps like an oven and global warming upon us, it is best …
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For the Love of the Father, Shine
To be a father is a glorious, rewarding and rigorous thing. What I love most is the process of creating a life, one that grows and changes unexpectedly right before my eyes. As a parent, I am always called upon to be creative– to pivot, adapt, experiment and remain open …
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Teaching Yourself Joy
Joy doesn’t come easy. Especially in these times when people doom scroll and talk about the end of time. How to live joy in a time like this? Is joy a thing that can even be “put into practice”? You can’t expect joy just to happen like Chicken Little falling out …
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The World Through Your Window
For each of us, home affords a small view onto the great wide world. From the vantage point of your back porch, your kitchen window or from the top of your driveway, your view maybe small but immense. When you look out to the open tree, peer into the garden, …
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