I just returned home from facilitating a workshop in which participants Crafted their Soul’s Portrait. Their guiding focus for completing this task was to answer the question, “Who am I?” In initial attempts to answer this question, the tendency is…
Life presents us with daily choices from which we consciously or unconsciously decide our future. In the early years of my own spiritual awakening, one of those choices presented itself as such — study (experience spirit) in the “outer world”…
The word ‘Upanishad’ is supposed to connote a secret instruction or a hidden doctrine, secret and hidden in the sense that it purports to reveal the invisible background or reality behind the visible forms of temporal existence. It is evident…
Those who do good become good; those who do harm become bad. Good deeds make one pure; bad deeds make one impure. You are what your deep, driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As your…
The nature of life is such that what we view outside of ourselves is happening in our inner world. That is to say, if we see truth, beauty, and goodness around us, we are experiencing it within. Our perception is…
by guest blogger Sara M Stress in 2025 feels like it’s everywhere, right? Between never-ending emails, social media drama, and the weird pressure to always be “on,” it’s no wonder our minds and bodies feel like they’re in overdrive. But…
Real depth doesn’t come from sheer force (grunt yoga), but from the delicate art of balancing effort and surrender. “Effortless effort”, as described by B.K.S. Iyengar, refers to a state of yoga practice where physical exertion (stability) is balanced with a calm,…
Over the lifespan of human existence, many ‘thought models’ have emerged through which we attempt to understand who we are — psychological, biological, social, philosophical, yogic, religious, etc. In more recent history, as technologies accelerated the synthesis and integration of…
by guest blogger, Chloe Pearson Some days you wake up hollow. Nothing’s wrong, but everything feels just out of reach. That morning coffee doesn’t hit right, the mirror glares back too honestly, and the weight of the day ahead flattens…
Letting go of attachment to the fruits of one’s actions, one is ever content and does not have needs. Though one appears to be doing things (karma), actually the higher Self is the doer. Bhagavad Gita When we respond to…
In the ancient Yoga tradition, a spiritual teacher is called a Sat Guru, or teacher of truth. The word “guru” has two parts: “gu,” that which hides our true light, and “ru,” that which removes the covering. Nischala Joy Devi…
In my mid- to late-twenties, I suffered with depression. In retrospect, I had undergone three S.E.E.s (significant emotional events) — my father’s death, the end of my romantic relationship, and the end of my softball career because of a coach’s…
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