By cultivating an attitude of friendliness towards the happy,
compassion towards the unhappy,
delight towards those who are virtuous,
and disregard to those who are wicked,
the mind remains calm and the obstacles to self-knowledge are lessened.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1:33
(taken from seve...
By cultivating an attitude of friendliness towards the happy,
compassion towards the unhappy,
delight towards those who are virtuous,
and disregard to those who are wicked,
the mind remains calm and the obstacles to self-knowledge are lessened.
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali 1:33
(taken from seve...
Thank you so much for joining me here!
If everything went well, you have received this letter!
From here if you encounter any issues logging in or have any questions at all, please respond to this email and I will be glad to help.
Each time a new letter goes out you will receive an email like th...
Recently while I was on vacation a verse from the Bhagavad Gita came to me with more clarity and broader application than ever before. Before this starts sounding kind of pompous, I want to share that this new clarity came to me while I was thinking about consistency in a night time skincare routine...
The end of a year feels like a big balloon filled with all kinds of things. This time of year -between Christmas and New Years seems like a great opportunity to empty the air out and reflect. I tend to rush through, worry / look forward to all that is coming next so I wanted to take a moment to shar...
Have you every heard of Susan Cain's book Bittersweet? She is the same author who wrote the book Quiet (about being an Introvert) a few years ago. Bittersweet is all about the tendency that some have to experience the joy of the moment intermingled with sadness. She has a quiz (where I found out th...
A few weeks ago, I began a new year of study and practice of the Yoga Sutras with incredible teachers in the YTCG*. I am in awe of the perspective offered in these 4 verses all over again. Here is my loose interpretation of the first 4 Sutras (with emphasis added) and the fascia-like web it weaves t...
This pandemic has reminded me regularly of the quote attributed to the Buddha, "The trouble is, you think you have time." I don't know about you, but I am always coming up with ideas for later. There are things I will work on when I have time, places I will go, projects I will work on, and ways I wi...
I was looking forward to my birthday in May this year because turning 46 meant I have been practicing Yoga for half of my life! I had some ideas about different ways I would share and celebrate that with you. When my birthday arrived however, life had other plans.
In truth, I hadn't been feeling r...
For several months, I didn’t do my sitting practice. At all.
At first, it was because it required all of me to switch the studio to a virtual platform when the pandemic hit. But, by the time the software got sorted, our community was able to navigate it, and I no longer had to be ON 24/7, I had tra...
