Reading Time: 6 minutes One of the worst things to ever happen to the Western view of love was when a group of psychologists came together and decided to refer to close relationships as attachment bonds. It all started in the 1930s, when a researcher by the name of John Bowlby observed that our family experience has a …
Reading Time: 5 minutes I recently had an amazing conversation on the Learn to Love Podcast with Jennie Lee, a fellow yoga teacher and author. We talked about what it means to not just feel love, but to become love; to breathe it into our entire being. She explained love is the harmonizing energy of the universe, and if …
Reading Time: 6 minutes We may think with our mind and speak with our mouths, but we truly come to understand the world with our bodies. Our lived experience is our reference point from which we measure everything else, which is why it can be challenging to wrap our minds around the eternal mystery of love. But before we …
Reading Time: 2 minutes In my last blog post, I discussed how remaining present, even in the face of pain, is part of our spiritual awakening. Our task is to become wholehearted participants in life, and that means increasing our capacity to be with what is. However, what I neglected to mention was that our practice of being present, …
Reading Time: 3 minutes There are a lot of really great and entertaining podcasts that focus on the sexual aspects of our relationships, such as Tristan Taormino’s Sex Out Loud, Emily Morse’s Sex With Emily, Dr. Jenn Gunsaullus’ Sex Talk with Clint & the Doc, Dr. Wednesday Martin and and Whitney Miller’s True Sex & Wild Love, and Dan Savage’s …
Reading Time: 5 minutes I recently had the pleasure of interviewing the incredibly kind, joyful, and wise meditation teacher Spring Washam for the Learn to Love Podcast. We talked about a lot of things, including Black Lives Matter, how to hold the complexity of the human experience with a fierce heart, and the importance of compassion. But there was …
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