Photo on Unsplash by Aziz Acharki 9/1/26 One of the benefits, or perhaps side effects of meditation is that you become more aware. As awareness grows, you start to notice more. And noticing more becomes a gateway to appreciating what is often overlooked. And well, I find that appreciation is THE best medicine for enjoying life. Hands down. I am reminded of an experience in India… One of the most remarkable moments during this trip occurred during my first week there. I had ar

6/14/26 What does it mean to remember your radiance? We all have our own ideas about what that might look like. We often imagine becoming more confident, more successful, more visible, more purposeful, or somehow “better." But what if it isn't about becoming more of anything? What if radiance isn't something we acquire, but something that naturally shines when we begin letting go of everything we've mistaken ourselves to be? It's not about adding more. Not about becoming bigg

5/11/26 The Earth offers a kind of stability that allows us to soften and surrender the weight of what is no longer useful. She gives us a place where it is safe to lay down the heaviness of being human-the striving, the tension, the excess activity of our minds and lives. Nature itself becomes a quiet teaching in letting go. When we sit outside with soft, receptive eyes, the aperture of perception widens. Through this wider lens, we begin to notice the natural cycles of life

10/9/25: “ Tension is who you think you should be. Relaxation is who you are .”
— Chinese Proverb Last month, while on a silent retreat,...

"Spiritual World" by Alex Grey In 2000 I was living in Philadelphia and about to get a divorce. The path of yoga had grabbed hold of me 6...