Signs Around Town (and Sadhana and Enlightenment and All That)
A Good Week for Sadhana
This morning, when I was reviewing in my head some of the meetings and other work matters upcoming this week, I thought, “what a good time to practice all the things I have been studying.” It felt like progress to… (READ MORE)
What leads you to practice?
Wonder Here at Home
I have been pining for a great adventure that would crack open my heart and remind me of the exalted. A look at the sky as I did errands in the middle of my work day reminded me that all… (READ MORE)
Signs Around Town
If we just mouth words or put them on our walls, then they are little more than the happy platitudes all too prevalent in marketing yoga and just about everything else. But if we use such words as reminders to… (READ MORE)
State of the Garden
One of the key teachings about yoga sadhana (practice) is that results best or sometimes only can possibly come with steady commitment for a long period of time. The red maple in my front garden (really more of a giant tree… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation (and Sadhana)
Have you done your practice (in Sanskrit–sadhana) today, whatever your practice may be? If you don’t yet have a regular practice, what do you think it would take? I recommend starting small–allow it to be short and what you like… (READ MORE)
Found Exhortation
A number of years ago I had a conversation with a cherished friend and co-worker who is no longer in this body. I was explaining to her the yoga practice of samtosha (contentment), which is one of the five niyamas… (READ MORE)
Mantra
The texts on sadhana — yoga practice — say in simplified essence that mantra is the fulcrum between the unknowable universal and manifest particulars. What language we use and how we use it can either lead us towards skillfully navigating… (READ MORE)
On My Way to New Jersey
I was not able to attend the mid-week intensive in New Jersey with John Friend. It was hard enough to make room in my schedule for the weekend workshop. I can, though, be with my teacher and friends not just… (READ MORE)