Reading Time: 3 minutesLike a bud in springtime, the heart longs to be open. Our fundamental nature is one of open, awake, spacious, and loving presence, and the more we open our heart, the more connected, alive, and present we feel. Our spiritual path is learning this process of opening and removing the obstacles that keep us closed […]
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Reading Time: 5 minutesSo here you are, feeling guilty. You should be meditating, but instead you are scrolling on your phone, your dull face lit up by the screen. You were going to work out, but instead got hungry. Now that you ate something, your stomach is too heavy to exercise. You were planning to eat something healthy
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Reading Time: 6 minutesOne of my most favorite ways to teach spiritual wisdom is through a 200hr yoga teacher training. The three weeks we get to spend together combined with the intention to grow fully into our purpose and love in community creates a potent recipe for transformation. However, one thing many students struggle with is what to
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Reading Time: 4 minutes“Okay everyone, let’s all focus on our breath.” It is an instruction we almost always hear at the beginning of a meditation or yoga class. It seems like an important and vital thing to do, but few teachers go into the specifics of exactly why we are focusing on the breath in the first place.
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Reading Time: 3 minutesOne of the biggest splits in modern society is the division between the spiritual and the material. Sensual pleasures are often seen as an obstacle to or a distraction from more noble spiritual pursuits. But once we release the sexual shame that has been passed down through a few millennia of repression, we realize there
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Reading Time: 6 minutesIt is incredible how quickly the mind equilibrates. News or events that initially seem quite shocking soon turn into, “Well, that’s just the way it is.” I recently experienced this firsthand when my social media stream became full of apocalyptic pictures revealing the orange sky shrouding much of California and Oregon. Just like my first
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Reading Time: 3 minutesIt’s a story that’s been told over and over, so much so that it has its own memes. There are two wolves fighting inside of you. One is evil, or symbolizes some form of darkness and hate, and the other is good, containing qualities of light and love. The one who wins the battle is
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Reading Time: 2 minutesIn 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,
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Reading Time: 6 minutesAmerica and the world, my heart goes out to you. The challenges we are facing are daunting, unprecedented, and heart-breaking. In the United States, California is on fire. The Gulf Coast is getting pummeled by hurricanes. Anti-police protests are increasing, police are getting away with murder again and again and again, and now protesters are
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Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen I was young, I never liked how people used the word God. Living in a disproportionately Christian society, people talked of God like he was a supernatural white guy with a beard on a cloud in the sky. And although he seemed to have unlimited power and wisdom, he spent his free time hating
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