This is the sixth in a new series I started this fall and am continuing through winter, all inspired by a book I have been reading: How Yoga Works by Geshe Michael Roach This book works to explain the practice of yoga through a novel, the story of a young woman introducing and teaching the...
I neglect my talents Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It...
In yoga and meditation practices, it can be common for an instructor or guide to cue you to choose and set an intention for practice. It can be confusing or unclear for some who feel they haven’t been instructed on what that means or given examples. Hopefully I can help clear things up and get...
It was probably six months after I started meditating more regularly that my family was driving somewhere and my husband “complimented me” by saying that he thought meditating was really good for me. He said that I was “lighter” and “laughed more easily.” I joked with him that he was essentially telling me that I...
