Here's why practicing integrity via garudasana - eagle pose - makes complete sense.

Half moon pose instant typically top of mind as a quintessential pose of compassion. This story might convince you otherwise.

Ahiṃsā pronounced exactly as it looks: short “a” sound, “him” as in the male pronoun, “sa” with short “a” sound at the end Non-violence....

I was deeply inspired by a recent email I received from teacher, mother, writer and resting advocate, Octavia Raheem. She implored me and...

Confession: I used to avoid savasana. (I know, I know. The Restorative Yoga advocate is here saying I used to skip savasana. I can hardly...

The other day a friend shared this: Does that sound familiar to you? It certainly does for me and I felt joyful about my friend’s feeling...

A long time ago when I first began practicing yoga, I took a class billed as “advanced yoga”. I remember feeling nervous when I signed up...

The other day I noticed that my daughter had moved the clock in her room. When I asked her about it she told me that the nightlight on...

I was in college studying philosophy and comparative religion when I had this revelation about myths and folklore and stories of all...

Last Sunday I had just returned home from my annual winter Restorative Yoga retreat and I was dragging my feet about unloading all of the...

Many years ago, I heard this piece on NPR about how multitasking is a delusion. We think we are doing more than thing at once but what’s...

Will and I were in the car a few days ago, about to merge onto 495 when the traffic in front of us came to a dead stop on the ramp. As we...

Jillian Pransky shares this story in her brilliant book Deep Listening. It’s been on my mind a lot lately. A Buddhist community in France...

I know I promised no more with the yoga stories about animals but I just couldn’t help myself. This is one of my favorites and it feels...

A friend of mine recently took a trip to stay at an Ayurvedic center in hopes of addressing some chronic health problems. She was on a...

I recently heard about a church group who started what they call Valentine’s Day of Compassion about 10 years ago. In an answer to the...

Jack, my oldest son, has become a serious rocker. He’s been playing the guitar for about 18 months and the list of bands whose songs he’s...

I’ve just returned from a retreat at one of my favorite places on the planet: Blue Mountain Retreat Center. There’s a funny thing that...

This weekend I pulled out the sweatshirts and flannels with great delight that the cooler weather has finally arrived. I put some...

This past month I’ve noticed a fair amount of discussion of “shows of strength”, from politics to fitness. It’s got me thinking about...