The biggest hang-up for people on the spiritual path is trying to make themselves better, more fit, more true, more enlightened. On the path, people become like rabbits chasing carrots. They go in circles on the merry-go-round of samsara. After years of thinking you have to be perfect, you finally …

Yertle the Turtle

Yertle the Turtle is one of my very favorite yoga texts and should be included, I think, alongside the Gita and Yoga Sutras in any yoga training course. Written in 1958 by the wacky and wonderful Theodore Geisel, otherwise known as Dr Seuss, it tells the tale of a machismo …

Yoga, the King Cobra, and the Great Protector

Yoga and the figure of the cobra have been linked for thousands of years. In fact it is fair to say that yoga (and specifically kundalini yoga) is synonymous with cobra energy. And what does the cobra represent? Power, protection, essential awareness and yes, magic. Like how is it possible …

Developing a Psychic Shield

For centuries, yoga has detailed strategic ways to practice mind/heart protection. In today’s world, safeguarding your awareness is more needed than ever. Between the perpetual spew on social media, the proliferation of AI, and upheavals taking place socially, politically and environmentally, you need to have a kind of psychic shield. Like a wuxia martial artist —think Crouching Tiger, Hidden …

Happy Valentine’s Day

And what did the rubies say standing before the juice of pomegranates? – Pablo Neruda This week of love should not demand a lot from you. It does not require that you be good, message everyone in your address book, or march out to save or the world. Stay simple. …

Unfetter Thyself

“Unfetter thyself” is one of my favorite things to say in class. Partly it just feels nice rolling off the tongue. Partly because it strikes right at the heart of what yoga is about. This month of study and practice we are engaging the yoga bandhas. The concept of bandha …

What Is Somatic Yoga and Why Is It Important for You?

Have you ever noticed how tension builds up in your body after a stressful day? Maybe your shoulders feel tight, your neck is stiff, or your lower back aches. What if there was a way to release that tension and move through life with more ease and comfort? That’s where …

Should I Turn and Look the Other Way?

I have been speaking to fellow yogis who I trust and admire who say that they just can’t watch or listen to the news anymore. It is all too depressing. With the new administration in power, social justice, gender rights and climate protections are corroding right before our eyes. The executive …

Kimchi Yoga

Yoga is like fermentation. Through a time-honored process, both require soaking and ripening for chemical change to occur. Like yoga, the aim of fermentation is to preserve and prolong the life force. To ferment kimchi, you take napa cabbage, radish, burdock root and carrot and store them under tight seal. …

From Surya’s Kitchen: Build your Chi with Kimchi!

In the winter season, I always add a fermented food to my kitchen table. Preparing a fermented accompaniment to your meal is simple and it will add a delicious and nutritive element to your diet. Follow my simple recipe for making homemade kimchi and if you opt out of home-crafted …

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