Put It in Your Calendar

“It’s so easy to let life get in the way (of yoga practice).” -Susan, my longest-time yoga student (20+ years) Me to a student: “You’re being very regular in class (after not being regular for many months).” Her: “I put it in my calendar!” She went on to say that her...

Ignorance…or Implementation?

Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras II.3: The lack of awareness of Reality, the sense of egoism or “I-am-ness”, attractions and repulsions toward objects and the strong desire for life are the great afflictions or causes of all miseries. (Taimni’s translation) The Sanskrit word...

The Light Wins

I know that many of my students and followers of my blog began a grieving process on November 9.  Grieving is, of course, a natural and important part of Life in this world of duality and the inevitable result of our attachment to any temporary thing, whether that be...

VOTE! …but not JUST in the election!

(If you’ve had enough of the election AND have already voted, feel free to skip to the 5th paragraph, noted below.  If you HAVEN’T voted yet and are not sure if you are going to, read it all, and then vote!) Of course, early voting has begun and you can vote now...

The Lesser of Two Evils

(Note to the reader:  As much as I tried to be inspired to write about something other than politics, I failed, and this writing is political in nature.  It is the season, I guess.  If you want to avoid that, feel free to just stop reading now.  I write this piece...