The first quarter of 2021 will be a busy one: I hope to see you at one or more of the following classes & workshops: Weekly Mid-Week...

We can all agree that 2020 has challenged all of us and maybe forced us to rethink our priorities in life. I had effectively closed my...

I was always a sensitive child. I felt my emotions intensely and this was frowned upon by family, friends, and lovers alike. Over time, I...

We don’t have to wait until the global pandemic and economic crisis ends in order to relax. In fact, attending to the natural cycles of...

Last week, as I was waiting for my mother-in-law to die of COVID-19, watching the mounting death toll around the world, and holding space...

The Vedas tell us that the Soul is born with four desires – Dharma (purpose), Artha (the means to fulfill our purpose), Kama (the desire...

Tantra is as misunderstood in the West, where it’s become synonymous with sexual rituals, as in the East, where it’s considered magic...

The systematic practice of raja yoga, the “royal” path, consists of three components: tapas (austerity, or going against the grain of our...

Link to course on OMstars, the yoga network. Trauma field luminaries such as Peter Levine, PhD and Bessel van der Kolk, MD, among others,...

Once we engage on a spiritual path, and connect with the lofty ideal of enlightenment, it is easy to interpret our human emotions as...

In the last decade, the medical community has begun incorporating trauma-informed medical care by administering something called the ACE...

What is Stress? Stress is primarily a physical response, although most of our stress today comes from stressful mental states (imagined...

The Vedas tell us that the Soul is born with four desires – Dharma (purpose), Artha (the means to fulfill our purpose), Kama (the desire...

Have you ever wondered why most New Year's resolutions go by the wayside before January is over? Most of us are unaware of the resistance...

Research evidence suggests that interoception, the internal perception of bodily states, is linked positively to physical and mental...

I grew up thinking. I was going to say, I grew up thinking that thinking was my identity, but I may as well stop at "I grew up...

Even as large portions of the world’s population are starving, people in wealthy industrialized nations are either eating to excess or...

Interoception is the perception of body sensations as they relate to physical or emotional cues that inform and form our internal sense...

EMBODY. If the warfare of unmet needs, disowned emotions and disenfranchisement from cultural norms is waged in the body, and if low...