A number of yoga traditions, including the popular tantric yoga, center around Shakti, the playful, creative, feminine aspect of the divine, often described as a motherly Goddess, or sometimes the Divine Mother.
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“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
~ Henry Ford
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It's getting warmer and you might be thinking about that quick and easy smoothie for breakfast (or afternoon snack). But āyurveda says to think twice about those smoothies. While they might taste great, they can be a digestive nightmare.
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Thinking about the environmental crisis can be overwhelming, and at times it can feel so big that it feels hopeless. But as activist Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
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“Bringing a balance between the Ida and Pingala will make you effective in the world, it will make you handle life aspects well. Most people live and die in Ida and Pingala; Sushumna, the central space, remains dormant. But Sushumna is the most significant aspect of human physiology. Only when energies enter into Sushumna, life really begins.” ~ Sadhguru
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We all look forward to Daylight Savings, with its promise of long summer evenings basking in the sun. But does the “spring forward” leave you feeling tired, groggy, and out of sorts? While a one hour shift might seem benign, it actually has quite an impact on the human system.
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While being “old” might be relative, what is an absolute fact is that I am older now than I was when I started practicing yoga 16 years ago, and it shows in my practice. Not only has the ways I engage with the yoga practice changed, the physical practice itself has changed.
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“The compassion of nonviolence keeps truthfulness from being a personal weapon.”
~ Deborah Adele
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There’s a sense of stillness that accompanies winter. But winter can be harsh to our systems - especially those that are more vata or kapha predominant. By embracing the natural cycles of nature, and learning to live in harmony with these rhythms our wellbeing can be bolstered even as the days grow colder and darker.
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As we learn to tune into the ebbs and flows of nature and start living in sync with those rhythms we begin to find joy in all of nature’s seasons.
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