Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Conscious Rest: Yoga for Insomnia

Check out this simple, restorative yoga practice you can do under the covers with two or three pillows when sweet unconsciousness eludes you.

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Heart-Opening Yoga

We learn so many great lessons in yoga that totally fall apart in relationships. You are trying to learn about detachment and going with the flow, but you are in love with a person…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Yoga on the Go: A Sequence for Cycling

My friend Carol has been cycling—by herself—across America. She calls me from the road, tells me what amazing things she’s seen, and that her back hurts. She really misses yoga!My …

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Rewire Your Brain: Practice Happiness

In the wake of New Year’s Resolution season, some of us are taking a good hard look at what’s blocking our paths to happiness and health. There’s plenty: the world is full of distr…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

5 Reasons Not to Meditate

I’ll be honest: I’ve never liked meditating. I’ve dabbled in it, and forced myself to sit for 30 day meditation challenges, and it was boring and hard. Plus life is so busy: Five m…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Stressed Out? Lean into It

Stress has become a bad word in our culture. It causes illness and contributes to chronic pain. And we have too much of it. So we practice yoga: we meditate, do savasana, get relax…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Secrets of Chaturanga Dandasana Pose

Chaturanga Dandasana, which means “four limbed staff pose,” is an incredibly common posture in Vinyasa (Flow or Power) yoga. We can breeze through it 15 times in a practice without…

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Accidental Meditation: You're Already Doing it

Most people think they are bad at meditating. Can’t sit still and turn your thoughts off for at least 20 minutes? You’re not bad at meditating, you’re just a human with a brain.Act…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Karma: The Yoga of Action in an Unjust World

If you practice yoga, you’ve encountered the word karma at some point—in class, in the yoga texts, or perhaps on the label of a fancy bottle of water. It’s a simple concept: if you…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Yoga on the Go: Moon Salutation

There is definitely a specific pleasure in taking a public yoga class: listening to the wisdom of the teacher, exploring new postures, and simply being in the studio space with th…

Pathfinding: Yoga and Mindfulness for a Full Life

Don't Surrender Your Loneliness So Quickly

“My Eyes So Soft”by Hafiz, trans. Daniel LadinskyDon't surrender your loneliness so quickly.Let it cut more deep.Let it ferment and season youAs few human or even divine ingredient…

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The Yoga Sweat: How Our Glands Process Emotion

Sweating up a storm? Discover the emotional and spiritual meaning of sweating.