Books, books, and more books! In the New Year I like to cull some of my library, but it's really hard! I have so many books on Yoga, and I may not look at a book for several years, but when I need to look something up for reference, or revisit a concept I'd like to...
Big Yoga: An Interview with Meera Patricia Kerr
Meera My interview with Meera Patricia Kerr is the first of a series of interviews with influential teachers who are committed to bringing the benefits of yoga to larger students. I personally studied with Meera Patricia Kerr in 2004, at the beautiful Satchidananda...
Peace Control
There's a lot of talk these days about gun control . It makes me a little sick. I want to be on the record about this. I am a pacifist. I would rather lay down my life than shoot someone--that may seem a little facile, because I don't have...
Get Your Prosperity On!
I saw a quote today on the internet, and it resonated with me so much: "Prosperity, prosperity, prosperity, is perpetual with people who prefer to be penetrating, prepared and purposeful. But, prosperity only comes to those who are trustworthy, deliver and who are...
Don’t Just Do Something, Lie There!
Savaasana, the Corpse Pose…we train the body to slow down and guide the mind to get quiet.
The Current Yoga Craze
I love that there is a Yoga craze going on. Everybody wants to get into the act. It's cool, it's hip. It's dope (without using dope that is). Yoga is so money! But are we getting "lost in the Yoga craze"? as Swami Ramananda so aptly put it in the film Living Yoga?...
GURU? WHO RU!
I just returned from a visit to the Satchidananda Ashram (AKA Yogaville) for the auspicious weekend of Guru Poornima, a special celebration honoring the GURU. In case you don't know what the word guru means, it comes from the ancient Sanskrit, the classical language...