Matsyasana and the story that inspired the name of this pose can give us some inspiration for these challenging times.

My favorite kind of home makeover shows are where they find something really valuable and unexpected under some badly designed wall or...

First things first. You can't "win" at yoga. That just gives me a clever title. My husband, though, ALWAYS wins at Risk. It's kind of...

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...