Chant: Find Your Voice in Community
Chant: Find Your Voice in Community! Chanting, repeating a phrase melodically and rhythmically, is a simple way to engage in music without joining a choir or group. Chanting is something […]
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 […]
Letting Go -Aparagraha- A Practice for Autumn
Letting Go – Aparagraha – A Practice for Autumn. Often, I find myself carrying constriction/tightness/tension in my body for no apparent reason. It could be the mid to high […]
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 […]
Presence
What is this thing called Presence? What comes to mind when you think of Presence? How do you know if you are experiencing Presence? It is a word heard often […]
Ahimsa & Satya. Fierce Tenderness
Cancel culture cloaked in self righteousness is easy to access. It is this reactive, defensive mode that is readily available to most of us (including me for full transparency). […]
Truth. Honesty. The Current State of Affairs.
In this time of folx saying whatever they want, does truth matter? is truth a matter of perspective? Is there such a thing as broader, universal truths? What is the […]
Longing & Light
6:50 AM. The morning light is slowly brightening through the orange curtains into my yoga space, formerly my home studio. Prior to this slow turning toward the sun, in […]