On the outside, I look like I’m doing just fine. People often see me as capable, responsible, and put together. I show up every day, get things done, and smile when expected. But what most people ...

As I scroll through Instagram, I come across a video from a Brit who is attending the World Cup. In it, he excitedly details his newfound love of America, our culture, and our hospitality. He smiles ...

In part one, I shared how sometimes we ruin our child’s confidence without realizing it. We all want our children to become confident adults who can align their decisions with their values. However, ...

Hot Yoga in America traces its roots back to a sweaty gymnasium in Calcutta by way of a claustrophobic studio located in the high-rent Shinjuku district of downtown Tokyo. The innovator who piped heat ...

Everyone and their mom knows, at least intellectually, that the whole of creation is in a state of endless revolution. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, “No same man could walk through ...

The Emptiness of Family: A Guide to Engaged Parenting. When we enter into the responsibilities of parenthood we welcome another sentient being into our mind-stream and open our mandala of practice to ...

Grief is the worst kind of enigma. Not just because it buries itself in forgotten memories only to pop up when we least expect it. Not just because its waves can feel relentless. Not just because it ...

It is often said that we don’t find yoga, but that yoga finds us. That something in our life, in the universe, responds to our readiness to benefit from what yoga has to offer us and then presents us ...

To Prop or Not to Prop? For many yoga students, the idea of using a prop to help them achieve or stay in a yoga pose seems like cheating. The inner dialogue may go something like, “I can do this pose!

We know that “narcissist” has become a bit of a buzzword recently, and some folks are quick to apply it to an ex-lover or family member or friend. While awareness of this concept is healthy, so is ...

Women post side by side photos of themselves during marriage compared to after divorce, and the difference can appear startling. In many of the videos, the woman looks emotionally depleted in the ...

I often think of yoga as a practice which moves beyond the boundaries of the spoken word. I did my first teacher training in Cologne, Germany—at a time that I didn’t speak more than a handful of ...