CYCLE 1 COMPLETE Pratipada. Taking in this New Moon day to sit back and bask in the gentle tamasic energies. Also reflecting on the...

When we are not living in alignment with our life force, flowing along with Prana — we start to grasp at information around us to stay...

YOU decide what your Circle of Peace looks like. What it contains: what it allows and disallows. You have to choose. Through experience,...

STAYING STILL … with an uncomfortable emotion — and resisting the urge to grasp onto the nearest distraction (food, drink, Netflix,...

On the Topic of ‘Purification’ Those who walk the path are almost constantly in purification. Purification means ‘to burn away the dross...

TIME … reveals all. Time reveals the gifts and the flaws. Time helps us digest, understand, and heal. Time helps us grow. Time repeats...

Om Yogininam Yogini Yogeshwari Yogabhayankari “O Most Sublime Yogini Goddess of the Great Path (yoga) Remover of Fear by means of Yoga.”...

I imagine people who’ve also gone through what I‘ve experienced — people like my parents and those before them — who didn’t have or...

SELF-TRANSFORMATION … is not easy. Practicing self-love and self-care is not easy. Learning to make better choices for yourself is not...

Today is a reminder to stop and smell the flowers. Progress is often not linear. Many students feel like giving-up after years of trying...

The teachings of Goddess Durga is primarily the path of conquering asuras — namely, those inner demons that manifest from the ego-self...

… sublime yogini, entered into my consciousness some years ago thanks to my yoga teacher. It was during our 5-day Tapas training, when...

We are living now in an extraordinary time. Two realities existing at once, the proverbial — no, literal — heaven and hell. The splitting...

Dreams are particularly potent and fluid during spiritual immersions and retreats, as the veils between the worlds are held opened (and...

Nepal is a beautiful place, this I’ve always known. Since I came here to celebrate my 37th birthday some years back, I’ve returned many...

Is Your Desire for Connection, Validation, and Being Seen — Propelling Your Internal Growth? …. Or is it blinding you from being...

In our search for someone (or something) better — don’t forget to become better ourselves. If we are not even ready to show-up for...

To me, the Great Narasimha, brings together the dual components of Tantra: ‘upaya’ and ‘prajna’, skillful means and perfect insight. When...

“Asuras are part of Hinduism along with Devas, Yakshas (nature spirits), Rakshasas (fierce man-eating beings or demons), Bhutas (ghosts)...

I’d like to make one thing clear: We pray to the many gods and goddesses, the higher energies. But Prayer is only one part; the other...