“Yoga teaches that everything placed before the mind is a mirror: the mind takes the shape of what is perceived. For modern man and woman, that mirror is progressively a window upon electronic images from elsewhere – the computer or television screen. While not intrinsically wrong, such imagery possesses a power to numb and pacify as well as to awaken and stimulate. Continue reading 
“the core of a fulfilled life is knowing that every moment is a choice”
“As your desire is, so is your will. As your will is, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny”
– Rod Stryker, The Four Desires Continue reading
When the mind constantly runs after the wandering senses, it drives away wisdom, like the wind, blowing a ship off course- Bhagavad Gita Continue reading
Someone once said to me, “we are always in the middle, no matter where we are or what we do”. If you think about it, there is always someone richer OR poorer, better at this OR worse at that, the list goes on.
I think this statement holds a lot of substance. Continue reading
Years ago I did a YOGA workshop with an Indian Yoga Master. He said he once visited a student in North America who invited him into his “yoga room”. This Teacher just smiled and said YOGA is practised in every room… Continue reading
Last Monday I had a conversation with someone who said they HATED Mondays. “I don’t know why but I am exhausted, even though I did nothing”, he complained. I have heard many times from clients that their worst night sleep is Sunday night. For many, it is restless, with the mind taking control and going over every detail for the next day’s schedule. For others, there just hasn’t been enough downtime to really feel like they had a break. Continue reading
Many times after a therapeutic treatment or the final relaxation at the end of a yoga session, my students will say, “I don’t want to leave, it feels so good”. Continue reading
This is a subject that was on my mind for awhile, but more prominently so today. I was crossing the street on a green light, when a car literally whizzed by -turning right, 10 seconds away from knocking me over like a bowling pin. It was obvious that they wanted to make the green light, but at what cost? Continue reading
I know! Usually someone asks “do you DO yoga?” as if it were just another activity. True enough, to most people, the word does connotate some kind of posture, or someone sitting cross-legged, meditating. My friend used this expression the other day, and I just LOVED it! It sounded like, “are you in Love?” Continue reading
