Yoga and “The Zone”
Have you ever been in “the zone”? Athletes talk about it reverently. It’s that magical place where things slow down, the ball gets...
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Where’s MY Breakthrough?
“Hey...Where’s MY Breakthrough??!” You don’t have to spend very long in the yoga community before you start hearing about breakthroughs. ...
What Are We Practicing Here, Anyway?
A cell phone goes off in the middle of shivasana. What happens inside your head? Are you annoyed? Do you open your eyes and look...
The Importance of Forgetfulness
Emergence theory studies the way that groups of individuals, by reacting to each other and the environment, can develop a collective...
Siddhartha Gautama
Siddhartha Gautama’s father, King Śuddhodana, tried to shelter his son from any experience of suffering or loss. He was said to have had...
Reprogramming Your Central Nervous System
Here’s basically how your brain works. Let’s say your six-year old daughter is trying to learn how to catch a baseball. The approaching...
A Short Meditation on Compassion
Your experience of life is not based on your life. It’s based on what you pay attention to. Let’s suppose you get up one morning to...
Meera
I had this odd experience today as I drove home from burying Meera. In retrospect, I guess it’s probably something most people who have...
Making Changes
Why is it that New Year’s resolutions so seldom work? Every year, millions of us make grand plans to lose weight, stop smoking, read...
Ishmael
I read this book last year called Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn. Before you bring it up, I know that this book has been around for a couple...
Gratitude
I read an article today that posited the following: “Evil is boring. Cynicism is idiotic. Fear is a bad habit. Despair is lazy. Joy...
Einstein or Monet?
I’ve asked this question in class a few times, but usually y’all can’t answer because you’re balancing on one leg with your left knee...
Anti Yoga
Well, I guess it was inevitable but this year is surely the watershed moment. Anti-yoga has burst on the scene with a vehemence not seen...
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