On the Road to Belonging
Each day we take one, two, ten, a thousand steps closer to our goal of abiding in the simple place of belonging. But it is an elusive trek. So many of us get divided inside, stranded at some crossroads, far from the hearth of home. What comes to mind when we …
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In the Space Between: The Poetry of Embodiment
In this collection of poems and prose, Tias explores the intersection of language, movement and sensory awareness. After years of reading other poets in class, Tias felt called to craft his own passages to help cast light on the hidden spaces within. These poems and passages bid the listener away …
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The Hour of Dawn
It is always best to rassle yourself out of bed first thing, stumble your way to your cushion and sit with an upright spine. Begin in the half hour before sun up, when the air is moist with the night’s dewy cover and the skylight is a pearly hue. The dawn …
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Mother’s Day
Today we honor you, dear mother, for your steady resolve, for your selfless sacrifice and able willingness to nourish a child straight from the tributaries of your womb. You who breathes life into the youngest and most impressionable, who holds and cradles each small being and then learns to let …
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Celebrate Mother’s Day with Love and Nourishment: 6 Heartfelt Recipes and Practices
Mother’s Day is a time to honor and celebrate the incredible women who have shaped our lives with their love, wisdom, and nurturing presence. This year, why not show your appreciation by treating the special mothers and mother figures in your life to a heartfelt combination of nourishing recipes and …
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Be Present, Be Absent
Today there is lots of talk about being present. You can find Be Present on the side of yoga pants, as a decal on coffee mugs and on the bumper sticker of your neighbor’s car. You could spend hours watching You Tube clips and Ted Talks on how to be …
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Trusting the Way
How do we trust in a life that is inherently unpredictable, one that leads to inevitable suffering and certain death? Trust, or faith in what is, is hard to come by these days. “The state of this country is the worst I’ve ever seen it,” said the woman in Pennsylvania …
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Earth Day Offering
The one source that brings us together, beyond our private preferences and our cultural and political divisions, is the earth we walk on. It is the very source of our living breath, our blood, and the calcium matrix within our bones. This day is a day to celebrate and cherish …
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The Yoga of Relationship
This month Surya and I celebrate our 24th wedding anniversary. Like a yoga practice, a marriage is continuously expanding and contracting, lifting up and weighing down. Being married is something like riding a horse. Sometimes you trot forward and other times stall in place. Living together for many moons, the …
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Yoga Practice at Home: Know Serenity, Grow Serenity
By Courtney Zenner, RYT-200, MFA Candidate As yoga teachers who are lifelong yoga students, constantly evolving our practice, how much are we able to experience true peace and serenity within ourselves? At the heart of this for me is the question of personal practice. Prajna Yoga has helped me …
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