Being human
and life's little mysteries

It has been three years to the day that I had a liver transplant. This day will forever be imbued with meaning for me, and around this...

Shri Adi Shankaracharya from Guru Ashtakam Thousands of years ago, as a way to encourage his students to realize how precious their lives...

I take refuge in the all-attractive Lord who is the true identity of all being. Sharanam means refuge. This beautiful initiation mantra...

Listen to the teacher. So many times in a yoga class I have been called out.  I have stepped the wrong foot forward, had my foot where...

We Must Listen To Our Own Voice God is always present in the formless and He speaks to us in the soundless sound. Blessed indeed are...

Guru Brahma, Guru Vishnu, Guru devo Maheshwara, Guru sakshat, param Brahma, tasmai shri guravay namah Our creation is that guru...

Someone recently told me that I should visualize taking my head off of my body to see the world differently, implying that I over analyze...

I recently took a trip down memory lane in the form of a trip to Amsterdam, a city I called home for a tumultuous and transformative...

A student recently wondered why in some Yoga traditions, such as the bhakti tradition, there is little or no emphasis on the practice of...

Biologically speaking, the longing to connect starts with the egg and sperm colliding, dependent upon one another to fulfill their...

Om sarva mangala-mangalye shive-sarvartha-sadhike sharanye tryambake gauri Narayani namo’stu te I salute the three-eyed Divine Mother,...

Lately I took some time off Facebook because I was having a hard time filtering. There is a lot going on, on Facebook. Don’t get me...

All of life is dependent on relationship. The earth’s pull towards the sun has enabled animate life to thrive for millions of years,...

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

It is important to reflect on the good things we have experienced in our lives. That’s how goodness gets strengthened, by remembering it....

This reference to a wild longhaired sage is thought to be the first ode to the yogi of Vedic times. This hermit is dirty and naked,...

Universal consciousness focused through Spirit can appear in our lives offering guidance and council. Guru is the Spirit Guide of the...

Namah Shivaya gurave nada-bindu-kalatmane niranjana-padam yati nityam yatra parayanah Salutations to the nadam, which is the inner guide...

Recently I have become increasingly sensitive towards the people I meet on a day-to-day basis; how much we shift and change, converging...

We all communicate in a variety of ways throughout our day with differing levels of awareness; seldom do we think about our tone of...