Show Up – Open Up – Serve Truth – Accept What Is In a holistic process meant to integrate the human with the spirit, these four developmental stages build that capacity. Our willingness to Show Up each moment brings awareness…
Show Up — Open Up — Serve Truth — Accept What Is If Showing Up necessitates willingness to be present to one’s experience, whatever it is – unpleasant, neutral, or pleasant – then the second stage of practice, Open Up,…
Show Up — Open Up — Serve Truth — Accept What Is In today’s geopolitical environment, yoga practitioners are challenged to maintain inner clarity and calm amid collapsing external social, environmental, and governmental systems. How is that possible? For me,…
Yoga, as described in sacred texts such as the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Upanishads, views fear primarily as a manifestation of underlying mental afflictions and a misidentification with the physical body and ego. The key teachings see fear…
Over the millennia, yoga has absorbed wisdom from other belief systems, namely Buddhism. One such teaching, called shenpa, reflects our human “knee-jerk pattern of moving away from being present”*1. Each of us has our personal triggers that kick us into…
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) Both Peter Turchin, a Russian-American scientist and author, and Sarah Wilson, an Australian author and minimalist, agree that political…
Breath as a Regulator of Mental States The breath is the most accessible tool we possess for altering our internal state. In the context of the subtle body, the breath is the bridge between the physical body and the energetic-mental/emotional-spiritual…
Co-authors of this post on the Adaptive Enterprise are STS-RT Discovery Team members: Doug Austrom, Don de Guerre, Bob Laliberte, Helen Maupin, Bernard Mohr and Carolyn Ordowich. Our problem is not the complexity of our models but the far greater…
The human experience often feels like a navigation through shifting landscapes. When that landscape darkens into the heavy, persistent fog of deep depression, the journey can feel impossible. While modern medicine provides essential tools for mental health, many individuals seek…
Arguably, our spiritual-human purpose is to ask and answer the bold question “Who am I?” Whether our age is 16, 36, 66, or 86, the discovery is a source of anxiety, inspiration, and celebration. Moreover, it is not a one-time…
At its core, “We Are All Creators” reflects the fundamental human reality that we constantly shape our lives, relationships, and environments through our daily thoughts, words, and deeds. Whether intentionally building art or simply navigating interactions, creativity is inherently woven…
When we arrive on this planet, it seems to me that we are born fearless. It is our journey through life that cultivates strengths and fears, thereby setting us on a path of discovering who we are and why we…
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