Being human
and life's little mysteries

Sometimes life seems to be utter chaos. But everwhere you look, there are patterns. Patterns in the weather, patterns in leaf and tree...

When we’re born, we don’t realise that we are setting out on what will be an unknown, epic journey.  A life unfolds over a long time, and...

Asana + Insight : Seeing the forest through the trees March 20 at Indaba Yoga Studio 2:30-5pm This extended class will shine a lens on...

In the quest for yoga, the union of the temporal self and loving awareness, there is continual negotiation. The mind pulls us towards...

For a reason I cannot recall, I refused to go on the site visit with my parents and sister, and they wound up leaving me in the car on my...

yā kundendu-tusāra-hāra-dhavalā yā śubhra-vastrā vrtā, yā vinā-vara-danda-mandita-karā yā śveta-padmāsanā, yā brahmācyuta-śankara-prabhrt...

abhyāsa-vairāgyābhyāṁ tan nirodhah “The cessation of all vrittis, of all thinking and modifications of the mindstuff, is brought about by...

atha yoga-anuśasanam Now this is yoga as I have observed it in the natural world. Yoga Sutras of Patanjali I.1 What is real, and what is...

Let’s face it. The transition from August to September can be dramatic for some of us – full of events that remind us of that the end of...

There has never been a time when the earth has been more inhabited. People, plastic bottles, car parts, computers and chemical byproducts...

vastu-sāmye citta-bhedāt tayor vibhaktaḥ panthāḥ Each individual person perceives the same object in a different way, according to their...

After eight weeks in the hospital recovering from a liver transplant, I’ve finally been discharged and have begun to take stock of who I...

Well, folks, I am still in the hospital, week seven starts tomorrow. The nurses and doctors are frustrated. My regular visitors are...

PYS III.24 Maitri Adishu Balani Through friendliness, kindness and compassion, strength and success will come. Since I’ve been in the...

samniyama-indriya-gramam / sarvatra sama-buddhayah te prapnuvanti mam eva / sarva-bhuta-hite ratah Those who are able to control their...

On Joy and Sorrow Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with ...

Today is my one month liver transplant anniversary. It is also the first time in a month that I have stepped outside of the hospital for...

All in all, today was a pretty good day. Since about midnight last night I was what hospital folk call “null by mouth”‘, when the patient...

PYS 1.33: Maitri Karuna Muditopeksanam Sukha Dukha Punyapunya Visayanam Bhavantas Citta Prasnadanam Definition: Maitri -friendliness...

Until that point, I felt like my body was hanging on, trying to adjust to the massive, seismic shifts that come with having the largest...