There is a space in the beginning of a yoga class that you leave open for what we call intention setting. Some teachers will begin class in a still posture and allow you to set that intention from the start. I tend to let my classes move around a bit…
Read MoreI’m not exactly sure when this article will release, or when you’ll be reading it, but on September 28th I’ll enter my third decade on this earth. In the spirit of self-improvement and the constant journey that is this life, I feel like this is as good.…
Read MoreI’ve recently been thinking about the things that I don’t know anything about. As you can imagine, it can be difficult to imagine the things that you can’t even imagine. It can be scary to consider that the things that you know are an incredibly…
Read MoreIn 1982 Benjamin Hoff published a book called, “The Tao of Pooh” in which he explains why Winnie the Pooh is the hero of The Hundred Acre Woods and the greatest Taoist in the western literary canon. In ‘92, he followed it up with a…
Read MoreImagine that you’re the coach at a boy’s football camp. The ages range from fourth through eighth grade and there’s about 250 of these kids sitting on the front lawn of your field house waiting for the first day of camp to begin. Well, they’re not…
Read More…it may have stemmed from a series of Instagram posts that I had made while studying Yoga’s Yamas and Niyamas. I’d pick one per week and write a quick little caption on my successes and (mostly) failures in the self-practice. I’ve not really put much effort into developing a brand or…
Read MoreWe’re a solid month into global lockdown and quarantine. A lot of those ‘maybes’ we discussed last month might be starting to lean one way or the other for you at this point. I’m sure there are things we all miss and things that we have all realized…
Read MoreThere once was an old farmer whose horse ran away. When his neighbors heard of his plight, they came to offer their condolences, saying how terrible it was for him to lose his horse. “Maybe,” he replied. The next day the horse returned with…
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