Finding A Way Forward

Jan 15, 2017 | Blog, Listen, Practice, Svadyaya

I remember in my 20s wishing I could live a multitude of lives. It seemed like I would need to live more than one so that I could experience all the different possibilities I wondered about. What would it be like to live in California? What about New York City? I was...

The Space Between Dreams and Reality

Aug 23, 2016 | Blog, Svadyaya

About 10 years ago I moved to Paris to write and instead spent 4 months eating croissants and wandering the city desperately trying to speak French to those who didn’t insist on English. I barely opened my computer. I thought I just didn’t have the ambition to...

What Drew Me Into Yoga Philosophy

Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Practice, Svadyaya

I bought my first book on yoga philosophy, a translation of the yoga sutras of Patanjali How to Know God, around the time of my first yoga class back in 2000. At the time I was practicing kundalini and was longing to understand better why yoga left me feeling so good...