BLOG

Sometimes things happen suddenly or out of the blue: accidents, quantum leaps, seeing someone for the first time, and knowing your life...

Before the pandemic, I had the privilege of spending time with Amma Karunamayi, an Indian saint who is revered as an incarnation of the...

There are a handful of things I hear from women when I'm in discovery sessions with them. Near the top of the list is feeling...

It's so easy for me to get into my head when it comes to my body, into the ideas I have about what my body needs, versus a present time...

Part of staying healthy and cultivating resilience is learning to align with Natural rhythms rather than fight them.

I like to get up early in the morning. I rise, drink some water, and sit with a cup of tea for a while. I look forward to a quiet...

The classical Yoga of Patanjali, an Indian sage who lived more than 2,000 years ago, was ashtanga yoga, or the eight-limbed path....

Of the 72,000 nadis (subtle channels) that yoga describes, 3 are considered of prime importance: Sushumna, the central channel, residing...

For us in the Northern Hemisphere, May Day signals the half-way point between Spring Equinox and Summer Solstice. In the Northwest...

Do you regularly have the sense that you can tune into your body and know what it needs to stay balanced and happy? The sages who first...

Ayurvedic self-care is all about supporting our system to adapt to the changing conditions within and without. Seasonal self-care is...

Caring for our Senses Agni is a Sanskrit word that means ‘fire’ and is often used to refer to digestive strength. Mental agni is our...

At the core of every imbalance is prajnaparadha, or a crime against our own intelligence. Every time we engage in an activity or take in...

“It is very easy to look for health outside ourselves, in the form of some miracle supplement or exercise routine or life partner who can...

I am writing on a picnic table on the edge of Puget Sound today. Perhaps it is because I grew up on the coast of California that I love...

This writing is part of a longer series on the eight limbs of yoga.  This week I am finishing up with the niyamas, which make up the...

This week we will look at the fourth niyama, Svadyaya, which means, ‘Self-Study.’ The niyamas make up the second limb of yoga, which...

I am continuing my writing on the niyamas this week, the second limb of yoga. Niyamas are practices that support us in living in harmony...

For the past few weeks, we have been looking at the eight limbs of yoga, and last week, we finished with the first limb: yama. This week...

This week we will finish up with the five yamas, completing our introduction to the first limb of yoga, yama. The yamas are a set of...