Yoga nidra (usually translated “yogic sleep”), is a guided practice that helps you contact a deep state of awareness that exists between a waking state of mind, and a sleeping state. It’s a powerful meditation practice that creates a deep state of relaxation and rest. Yoga nidra helps the mind ...

The sacred is all around us when we take the time to pause and notice. When we meet the simple moment with wholehearted attention we find this truth. Developing a practice in which you aim to feel the breath in your lungs, the warm sun on your face, and the ...

“There is one thing monks, that cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to a deep sense of urgency… the supreme peace… to mindfulness and clear comprehension… to the attainment of right vision and knowledge… to happiness here and now,….. to realizing deliverance by wisdom and the fruition of holiness: it is ...

Forget warrior I or child’s pose. Headstand or seated meditation? No way. There are times in life when the resting pose of savasana seems to be the only sane pose to practice. Our yoga and meditation practice can take different shapes at different times in our lives. It’s meant to ...

Intention setting is used in many traditions to help one come into alignment with who they really are. In the Buddhist tradition right intention is taught as the second step in the eightfold path and in the yogic tradition intention is taught as the practice of sankalpa. You can harness ...

“Mindfulness awareness practice is the home ground of the spiritual warrior.” Pema Chodron Through our yoga or meditation practice we learn to be with ourselves in order to deeply experience ourselves. We commit to arriving here and now with wholehearted presence and we become familiar with our home base. This takes love, ...

“Unconditional acceptance is not static but ecstatic, vibrant, dynamically engaged in and connected with reality. It helps us to meet life all along her gorgeous body, not just shaking hands with life and wading in its shallows.” Lama Surya Das As I step onto my mat and inhale, breath filling ...

As we sit in meditation we recognize whatever is arising, we accept its appearance or disappearance, and we let go of what we think “should” be happening. As we do this we move from an identification with what we notice to an accepting open observation of what is. “The path ...

Do you ever feel like you need to just pause? I know I do. When I first began practicing yoga and meditation, rest and relaxation practices provided almost immediate positive results. I felt a shift in my life, in my mind, and in my heart. Sometimes we just need some ...