I am always amazed to read yoga teachers bios that go on about how peaceful and heavenly Yoga has made them and that they claim to exist in a state of perpetual bliss. Yoga Teacher Bliss. Really? For me, Yoga has been the most challenging path. It is a path of ruthlessness, tearing away what…

Meditation is not something that you do. It is a merging of consciousness and form. Closing your eyes and focusing on your breath is not meditation. Meditation is a merging of awareness of the meditator and the object of meditation. Uniting with the universal consciousness—The Mother, God, Spirit, whatever name you would like to give—is…

My first foray into Yoga was unintentional. I had a dance injury and still wanted to move my body while I recovered. I quickly became more interested in the connection between the mind and Yoga, even more so than the physical aspect of the practice. I recognized at a young age that the body is…