We Were Made For These Times

My friends, do not lose heart. We were made for these times. I have heard from so many recently who are deeply and properly bewildered. They are concerned about the state of affairs in our world now. Ours is a time of almost daily astonishment and often righteous rage...

A Practice For Life

When my yoga practice and I were younger, I remember seeing incredible feats of strength and flexibility in books (the internet was barely a thing then). Seeing those images was sort of intimidating. But I was also fascinated and inspired. I wanted to be able to do it...
Manage Mind and Mood with Mudras

Manage Mind and Mood with Mudras

Mudra is a Sanskrit word that translates as “seal” or “symbolic gesture”. There are many mudras associated with yoga. They’re formed with the hands or in some cases, the whole body. Using Hasta mudras or “hand gestures” during meditation or pranayama affects the...

Yoga Over 50

A wise sage was once asked (probably more than once), “What is the purpose of life?” His reply: “Growth.” As we know, the cycles of life always bring inevitable change. Nothing ever remains static or the same, though sometimes we wish it would. Most of us see the...