Water, The Dark Energy
According to yogis, Shakti is the dark, primordial energy from which all life springs. Space is nearly 70% dark energy. Funny enough, NASA calls dark energy a “dynamic energy fluid […]
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In a Democracy, All Yoga Pants are Not Equal
Sitting in the US Embassy this morning, my husband nudged me and whispered, “Not a good look.” I looked up. The woman standing in line was wearing a button down […]
A Happy Space
“There is no technique to make me happy or to make you happy. There are techniques which can create the space for happiness to arise.” – Judith Lasater Doing yoga, […]
Nat on the Mat – A Yogini Story
Every yogini and yogi has a Yoga Story. It usually starts with a small inspiration that expands and becomes a passion. Life should be lived with passion. The internal flame […]
How Do We Know Love Exists?
How do we know LOVE exists? Similar to Justice Stewart’s famous 1964 definition of pornography “I know it when I see it,” we know love when we feel it. In […]
Bhujangasana – the Cobra Pose in the Year of the Water Snake
The Sanskrit word for serpent or cobra is bhujanga. One of the first back bends we work on in Yoga asana practice is Bhujangasana, or a modified cobra, called a […]
The Second, Full Moon, Meditation Secret
“We are, in fact, this dance of love.” – Camille Maurine I’ve noticed in the past month, something keeps drawing me to dancers. It started being guided to dance for […]
The Body As Home
The body is your only home in the universe. It is your house of belonging here in the world. It is a very sacred temple. To spend time in silence […]
Dancing to Turn One Billion Upside Down
I lived in Los Angeles when I saw Eve Ensler’s play, the Vagina Monologues. It was back in 1996 after she won her Obie Award. Since then, around the globe, […]
Bird Pranayama – Breathing Lessons
We don’t have any trees in our backyard. If the neighbors’ trees did not love extending their branches over the twelve foot wall to touch our house, the morning sun […]
The Cosmic Grape 