THE RAZOR’S EDGE Ashtanga Vinyasa has a razor sharp edge, and when we fall over it, as many of us…

A chilling thought came over me under a waning sliver of moon, as I sat in the silence before dawn.…

Ashtanga practitioners never have it easy. The learning curve for the Primary Series is steep, and those who scale it…

Hatha Yoga works with opposing forces of breath and invites these forces to align. When the breath aligns, the experience…

The learning curve of the Primary Series is steep. As we drag we ourselves up the slopes of the practice,…

Stories of sexual violation by yoga teachers expose a signal confusion about the nature of yoga, and this confusion is…

Social media can lend the impression that yoga is a performative art. And there is no question that what appears…

Mula Bandha is the spontaneous gathering and rising of the subtle breath from the pelvic floor to the crown of…

Surya Namaskar means “Salutations to the Sun.” In the context of yoga, the Sun is not only the celestial body…

Hatha Yoga is a method of opening ourselves to the fullness of sensory experience, and exposing ourselves to the presence…

Sometimes, to see the beauty of things, you have to squint. You have to contort your face until your sight…

The day before we left to spend the winter in Mysore, we visited Mary and Richard at their home. They…

The Ashtanga Invocation contains an homage to Patanjali, the mythic author of the Yoga Sutra. The second verse takes the…

In the Siva Puranas, we read of how Parvati undergoes intense tapas to attract the attention of Siva, her consort…

I never liked cliques. They bring out the worst in people. They discourage critical thinking, and they demand allegiance to…

Most of us practice because of what it does for our minds. With practice, we feel lighter and more awake.…

photo by Barbara Suss Truth is simple, but ignorance takes many forms. - Socrates In the Ashtanga Yoga tradition, practice…

The film “Guruji Lives Here” was released on the blue moon of July to commemorate the teachings of Sri K.…

Sometimes we have to cry. The music of our emotions rises to a crescendo and the tears come pouring out.…

Ashtanga Vinyasa is an inquiry into the nature of embodiment. It allows us to look into the depths of the…

Hatha Yoga is premised on the thought that mind and breath, citta and prana, move together like two birds, flying…

In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali offers several formulations of yoga. Each reveals the discipline from another angle and provides some…

Modern yoga is obsessed with asana, the practice of postural forms. Other practices are studied in modern yoga, but asana…

There is a saying in Zen monasteries, regarding their concern for keeping time, "the schedule is the teacher." The idea…

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga is notorious for inducing pain. The postures provoke patterns of tension in our bodies, and when we…