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January 6, 2025
Begin the Year with Intention: A Yogic Journey Toward Hope and Renewal

The new year is a time to reflect, renew, and set intentions for the journey ahead. In yoga, this sacred pause aligns with the practice of sankalpa, or heartfelt intention, ...

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December 30, 2024
Letting Go: A Yogic Practice for the End of the Year

As the year draws to a close, we are presented with a unique opportunity to pause and reflect. In yoga, the practice of letting go—known as vairagya in Sanskrit—is essential ...

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November 27, 2023
The Winter Solstice and Festivals of Light

Contemporary psychologists have dubbed the winter blues S.A.D., which stands for Seasonal Affective Disorder. They recognized that humans, animals, and plants react to the changing seasons, a conclusion that astrologers ...

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October 30, 2023
Your Astrology Forecast for 2024 and November 2023

The foundational tenet of astrology is captured by the phrases: “as above so below,” and “as within so without.” To this, I like to append – “as with her so ...

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November 28, 2022
Activism and the Trajectory of Modern Yoga

To a layperson, the phrase “modern yogi” often conjures an image of a physically fit and Instagram-friendly Caucasian person. And the phrase “ancient yogi” often conjures an image of an ...

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October 10, 2022
Woman, Life, Freedom

The death of a 22-year-old girl, Mahsa Amini, at the hands of the “morality police” of the Iranian Islamic government for her loose hijab (headscarf) has brought millions of Iranians ...

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September 19, 2022
SAFER SPACES: Reflections of a Mixed Race Yoga Teacher

I embody both the oppressed and the oppressor. There is a great deal of messiness there and also a great deal of possibility for both healing and for leading. With ...

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August 1, 2022
From Surviving to Thriving: How yoga therapy and narrative medicine restored my relationship with body, breath and mind – and why I help others do the same

Over time, I ended up feeling disconnected from myself and my purpose – and it made me sick – literally. But I wasn’t clear on how telling this story impacted ...

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July 4, 2022
Rewiring our Mind-Body Physiology

Knowing that the mind and body are interconnected informs us that it’s possible to rewire our brain-body dynamic to reduce our own stress and anxiety and live with improved physiological ...

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June 6, 2022
I Choose Self – Love: How Yoga Taught Me to Accept My Autism Diagnosis

Yoga has allowed me to accept myself in a life-changing moment seeded in stereotypes and preconceived notions of worth tied to neurotypicality: the moment I was diagnosed with autism. For ...

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