Blessed are Those Who Walk in Peace.
What does it mean to be a person who embodies peace? What does it mean to be a peacemaker? These are guiding questions for me living in a culture of […]
The Great Turning & The Stories of These Times
The Great Turning & The Stories of These Times. My heart hurts many days. In my heart exists a grief so vast and wide for all of us. Other times, […]
Everything is Broken. Everything is Beautiful.
Everything is Broken. Everything is Beautiful. (Susan Cain) Sitting in the spaciousness of brokenness and beauty. Brokenness is everywhere. Gaza. Sudan Democratic Republic of the Congo Political Polarization. Our world […]
Living In Love.
Living in Love Living in love Fear is so easily available to us. It is a primal response for survival. It can be helpful and inform and guide how we […]
MLK Day – Non-Violence & Yoga
Love Love is gravity, the primordial force of bonding that drives the ongoing creation of the universe. Our liberation is bound together by natural and spiritual truths. Today, on the […]
Sankalpa: Intentions & The New Year
Sankalpa- Connecting to the Deepest Desire of Your Heart My Realization of the Power of Intention Ten years ago I had the job I believed I would do for […]
Morning in Kathmandu: Peace & Devotion
Morning in Kathmandu We rose before dawn. Roosters crowed and cows mooed as we walked in the brisk morning air through the green walled streets of Budhalinkantha. The […]
Facing Impermanence? Choose Love Anyway.
Observing the breath, the muscles in the face, the brow, and the jaw, as well as the hands – are they clenched in fists or slightly open? There is so […]
Collective Wellness: Devotions for These Times
The roof of my mouth is sore. My nostrils and eyes both burn and there is a slight ache in my throat. The wildfires that continue to burn in Canada […]
5 Practices to Open Your Heart
Yesterday in our Yoga Class Curator Pilgrimage & Puja Community Practice, founder and teacher Susanna Barkataki led us in an inquiry around devotion. She referenced Yoga Sutra 1:39: Meditating on that which is […]
