Being human
and life's little mysteries

Dear Diary : July Edition (lockdown day 112) July is a month known for independence….of the American people from the British monarchy in...

Choose any given day on a street corner in a bustling city, and you will see bodies in motion.  All around, sirens scream, motors throb,...

Today marks the ten week point since I underwent a liver transplant, and the two week home mark. The first week was a blissful blur of...

Yesterday morning was month to the day since I woke up. I woke up from a twelve hour surgery and an additional twelve hours of being...

I’ve never been an avid swimmer. While admittedly I’ve spent afternoons with ridiculous looking swimming goggle intents around my eyes...

In meditation we learn to ‘tune in’ to the sensations of the breath, body and mind. Through observation of thought activity we can...

I returned today to Triyoga Primrose Hill to attend Kate Walker (Harrell)’s 12:15-1:45pm class. I have a chance to get to Kate’s class...

Years later, as a yoga teacher, I know too many yoga teachers and therapists who are stressed, becoming increasingly busy with the small...

On Wednesday afternoon I found myself at St. Mary’s hospital in the presence of 35 GPs teaching them a class on yoga, meditation and...

So often in our society we are taught to shut up and listen, yet we end up hearing the wrong voice and wrong messages; messages that make...

In sanskrit, sakshi is the observer, the aspect within able to watch the body, mind and events without judgement, attachment or analysis....

To Salute To pay respect to or honor by some formal act; to address with expressions of goodwill, respect; to make a bow or other gesture...

This text has been edited from the Focus of the Month, January 2011 on Alchemy, graciously offered by Sharon Gannon. These steps can be...