Breath Teaches Us How to Live, Love, and Die Well: Yoga Life Lessons

Breath Teaches Us How to Live, Love, and Die Well: Yoga Life Lessons

Hi Fabulous!  I hope you’re having a wonderful day and are blessed by this offering. America has a breathing problem.  All inhale, all the time.  Our competitive consumer culture urges us to ONLY inhale, in that we’re all about acquiring, climbing, and winning.  You...

Don’t just DO something, SIT There

I’ve been a runner for nearly 30 years.  And for as long as I can remember, I’ve measured my success by numbers, going far and fast.  As an enthusiast, my natural bias is to do ALL the things quickly.  That’s why Lisa, Lara, and I’s weekends...

Meditation on How Our Thoughts Transform Our Reality

Teaching yoga I get to regularly interact with attractive ladies.  As you might imagine, thought bubbles related to their prettiness arise from time to time.  While I’m realizing this is normal and natural, the danger is when I identify with these thoughts,...

A Snow Storm’s Life Lessons

As we’ve been enjoying a fun flurry of snow storms, Lisa and I noted the calming affect snow has on everything.  It’s like a massive collective “HA”, which fills your heart with a sense that all is well and all will be well.  Not long after...
Breath Teaches Us How to Live, Love, and Die Well: Yoga Life Lessons

The Importance of Silence

To mark the Winter Solstice, my wife and I attended a “silent” nighttime group pilgrimage through a large local forest garden.  As a guide led several hundred of us on a slow stroll in the dark, I couldn’t help but chuckle at how many people were unable to stop...