Tag: Yoga Nidra

The Power of Intention Several years ago, I had to move. I had been looking for new apartments for a ...

Planting the Seed of Intention Photo: Wikimedia Commons I believe intentions are powerful. Salkalpa is the Sanskrit word for our ...

Unfortunately, hard financial times often makes us feel like we need to circle the wagons, draw in our resources, and ...

Where's the Off Button?! In Walt Disney’s Fantasia, there’s a Mickey Mouse cartoon called the Sorcerer's Apprentice. In this cartoon, ...

I’ve been blessed to have many wonderful teachers in my life. One of my most influential  teachers is Judith Lasater. ...

This year has been rich and often difficult. We have all experienced the pain of the death of many things ...

Much of the pain that we are experiencing in the world right is the result of things dying, things like ...

The pain we've been feeling this year is both a combination of things dying and other things which are being ...

Photo by David Newkirk Yoga Nidra is the yoga of sleep: its goal is samadhi, experiencing yourself as Oneness and ...

There are many ways to be in the world. It takes an open heart, a keen ear, and a discerning ...

Did you know that when we say the word "yoga" it means two different things entirely? The experience of yoga ...

The Spirit Playing Dress Up Ever since I began to practice yoga I've been asking this essential question: so what? ...

The Samkhya school of classical yoga philosophy describes the universe and all its qualities using three main humors, called gunas. ...

On Busyness Are you busy? I’m busy. It seems like we’re all busy. And when your schedule is busy your ...

Self Witnessing In yoga, and Yoga Nidra we practice self-witnessing as we breathe, move through poses, and meditate. Without this ...