Helpful Advice for Seniors and/or Their Family Members Welcome to retirement! You’ve had a long and rewarding career; now it’s time to relax and enjoy doing some of the things you never seemed to have enough time for before. Maybe that includes an expanded yoga and meditation practice, gardening, or artistic expression through writing or […]
Connecting to the Love Within
Connecting with Anahata: Embracing Love When all knots of the heart are unloosened, then even here in the human birth, the mortal becomes immortal. Upanishads Anahata, the fourth chakra, is the heart chakra: the center of love. This love is very different from the sensual or passionate love that you may feel with the second […]
Engaging Authentically with the World
Promoting peace is very much a matter of being fully at peace with ourselves. If a war is raging inside us, we will be useless in the cause of bringing any measure of concord to the world around us. We must, in Thich Nhat Hahn’s words, make a “peace treaty with ourselves” as a starting […]
A Perfect Cup of Chai
Making the Perfect Cup of Chai Yoga and tea are an essential part of my life. One thing that I find so wonderful, is how beautifully they go together. This past month, I’ve been researching a story on Chai tea for Tea and Coffee Trade Journal. Since chai is one of my favorite beverages, it […]
Connecting to the Earth: Chakra 1 routine
In the last week, my home became an extremely happy place to be in. I really enjoyed just being there, being Present. When my mind rambled and wandered, as it often did, I took a deep, cleansing breath. Sometimes I needed to take more than one to bring me back to the moment. And I […]
Muladhara: Introducing Limitations
On my chakra exploration, I’ve discovered that it’s not a coincidence that it’s taken me so long to focus and begin this process. In fact, I discovered that my focus has been continually on the higher chakras ignoring my base needs. As a direct result, I have lots of creative ideas but have struggled with […]
Kundalini Yoga: Connecting to the Chakras
There is something that is completely rejuvenating about escaping from normal life, even if only for a few moments. I’ve just returned from a week away, and so I’m feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and desperately wanting to leap back into my practice. While away I did a lot of self-reflection and journaling. Part of it could […]
Let go of that Ego!
Yoga is a physical exercise. It is a challenge for both your mind and body. Pushing your body into positions before its ready can create injury. However, the intent of yoga is not to manipulate your body into strange contorted pretzel like figures. It is about listening to your body and mind. The beauty in […]
Yoga Journals
I’ve kept journals since I was ten years old and as proof, I have about forty of them all stashed in an old barrack box in my basement. When I pick them up, turn them over in my hand, I immediate an overwhelmed by the emotions I felt when I wrote on the page and […]
Yoga Resolutions for All
It’s almost the start of 2013 and with every new year comes a new set of resolutions, that if we’re all going to be honest, often get broken. It’s often a time of year that we set unrealistic expectations of ourselves, as though the new year will bring a completely new self. And don’t get […]
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