Most of us avoid being judgmental. I know I do, but I still catch myself judging people automatically. I remind myself that it’s natural—that my mind’s sole purpose is to evaluate people and ...

Dr. Seuss (March 2), Khaled Hosseini (March 4), Gabriel García Márquez (March 6), Jack Kerouac (March 12), Albert Einstein (March 14), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15), Fred Rogers (March 20), Aretha ...

Humans have three types of tears. Basal tears are saline-based and contain electrolytes, oils, mucus, and proteins (over 1500 of them!) to keep our eyes lubricated, protected, and nourished throughout ...

When my 70-year-old Korean hairstylist, Karen, mentioned that her husband had passed away a few years ago, I did what any well-mannered person would do. I gasped, put my hand on my heart, and said, ...

There was once a man who was visited by three goddesses. They were attempting to settle a dispute between them, a trifling matter to determine which of them held claim to the golden apple that had ...

I’ve struggled to find the words this week. To find the balance between blind rage and constructive communication. To understand why I feel the need to find that balance at all. Racism isn’t new to me ...

Let these words speak to your heart: A Good Man Won’t Make or Break You—He’ll Just Show Up & Love You. & How to Support a Man in His Darkness. I’ll Tell you Where all the Good Men have Gone.

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 ...

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 ...

Saying “thank you” ain’t nearly enough, I’m sure we agree, but it’s a start! Those who know war, as they say, hate war. It’s not a thing of glory, it’s a thing of mud and blood. Plato said “Only the ...

What Am I Doing & Why? This is a continuation of the exploration – Part 1: Samadhipadah is here, and the Introduction to this enterprise is here. Please feel free to join in the discussion! This ...

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