The Yoga of Food
Yoga, like its cousins, classic Sāṃ̣khya and Buddhism, is a collection of practices that takes us to a place where pain ceases to affect us. The ancient yogis understood that […]
Preparing Ourselves for Perseus’ Visit
There once were three old women, who were blind to the gray world about them, save that they shared a single eye between them through which to see the world. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Magic Carpets and Yoga
This is why, as often as possible, I leave the studio to surrender to the heat on the soles of my feet and the dew wetting my yoga pants. I toss away my mat to bury my nose in the grass, to palm the earth and to close my eyes against the sun’s brightness. I trust these natural extensions of the divine Presence will deepen the expansion of my Self in a way my Magic Carpet mat cannot.
Ignite Your Kundalini – Diet for Yogis
Many people look at yoga as addressing the health of the respiratory (lungs) and the circulatory system (heart). But according to the yogic texts, the digestive system is considered a […]
The Yoga of Our Two Brains
In the Western world, 2,000 years ago, Galen began describing the Central Nervous System as a complex of nerves which permitted animals spirits to travel from organ to organ. On […]
Mary Magdalene, The Blood Moon and the Underworld
The third of this lunar tetrad brings Mary Magdalene into our planetary consciousness. The most beloved of Christ’s disciples, Mary Magdalene embodied the essence of the Blood Moon. In […]
The Yoga of Our System
Just as the Universe is an interplay of systems, our body is an interplay of our nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, endocrine, excretory and reproductive systems. People like practicing Yoga because […]
The Yoga of Our Micro-verse
Our body is a tiny replication of the entire universe. The Universe is made up of 100s of billions of stars and planets which are organized into a number of […]
Modern Yoga Research
Recently I did a presentation on Goraksha, the “founder” of Hatha Yoga using the inspired work of Dr. James Mallinson from the University of London. In order for the class […]
Rehydrating Kefir Grains
REHYDRATE KEFIR GRAINS Place kefir grains in milk (any kind but I like whole milk, makes my kefir fat and happy) in a GLASS jar. Cover with paper towel. I […]
Unicorn Challenge – Anantasana
Couch potato pose – Anantasana. This asana teaches about the relationship between sleeping and creativity. Anantasana comes from a story about Lord Visnu. While sleeping on his snake couch, a […]
The Cosmic Grape 