“May your mind inhabit life with the sureness with which your body inhabits the world.” —John O’Donohue There were no lines. No anxious cattle-herding. We walked right into the bright, clean school gymnasium. It had been transformed into a site of efficiency and safety—and clearlyread more
In 2025, after many years of posting my writings and reflections on yoga teaching and Ayurveda here on my personal website, I decided to “expand my audience” by opening a Substack account. Hoping to reach new readers who also appreciated long-form writing, I developed aread more
In the end, they got me with the tote bag. Back when I fled the publishing industry, I went through a period of radical cleansing of all ties with the publications I used to regularly consume for work (and sometimes for pleasure). This included Theread more
we will wear new bones again. we will leave these rainy days, break out through another mouth into sun and honey time. worlds buzz over us like bees, we be splendid in new bones. other people think they know how long life is how strongread more
Well now really when we go back into falling in love. And say, it’s crazy. Falling. You see? We don’t say “rising into love”. There is in it, the idea of the fall. And it goes back, as a matter of fact, to extremely fundamentalread more
June 18-22, 2024 *Save 10% when you register by June 10* Register I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s been designed to do toread more
My body knew when we were about three-quarters through class: butterflies would arrive punctually in my stomach in anticipation of moving to the wall for handstand as soon as my teacher—a tall, graceful former dancer—returned to the front of the room to demonstrate. His six-foot-plusread more
Even After All this time The sun never says To the Earth, “You owe me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights The whole sky. —Hafiz Hurricanes, earthquakes, eclipses—oh, my! April has arrived with quite a flourish, and I hope that youread more
“Bloom where you’re planted.” —The Buddha How do you show up for yourself? If you haven’t asked yourself this question lately—or ever—you’re in good company. Although I’ve been practicing self-care for decades, and even chose to follow it as the path of my life’sread more
April 11-20, 2024 Register I don’t do cleanses. And yet, my body—the miraculous thing that it is—is always cleansing all on its own, through the natural processes of detoxification and digestion it’s designed to do to stay alive. In Ayurveda, facilitating the process of cleansingread more
