The core meaning of yoga is to join, unite, or yoke. It harmonizes our mind, body, and spirit into a state of balance, and equinimity. The heart of yoga is self-discovery: a path toward presence, well-being, and enlightenment. It is one of the systems in which we can recognize and awaken to our true nature, which is ever present Pure Loving Awareness. There are many forms of yoga. We can view it and consider it as 8 limbs. This is an overview of the eight limbs of Yoga th

Spiraling in the Middle of the Night Waking to a sound I began to think. Thinking thinking about this now thinking thinking of aging and all the changes changes Owl calls to me reminding me to meditate breath after breath breathing breathing wave after wave calm in smile out calm and smile...calm and smile... Without forethought my body begins to rise moving through the hallway floating floating onto the bed in the room that is high on the hill on the second floor I open t

From our first sitting and the necessary healing that we encounter in practice, we gradually open to a new and unfamiliar ground. There may come altered states, or there may not, but eventually what we have been seeking all along is found here, in the moment we come to rest, in our essential self, our Buddha nature or basic goodness. It is discovered when we are quite present, yet not seeking a thing, when we have come to rest in this moment. Th ere then appears a sense of

Can you see yourself? By realizing the nature of existence as impermanent in a subtle sense, we can cultivate an unwavering tranquility amid life’s fluctuations. Excerpt from Uffe Damborg's, “Gleaning Insight from Inconceivable Matters”

Our mind is a powerful tool for living. We all know this. What I am struck with is how our imagination can shift us out of a particular mood, and into another space, a space that incorporates body, mind and Spirit. In the practice of iRest/Yoga Nidra, aside from practical and sustainable techniques and compassionate inquiry, the use of imagination is activated. Imagine your deepest heartfelt intention realized. See it actually evolving within you. This is how we manifest. Lik

We’ve watched before, this time every year… The bright red and golden leaves Falling from the trees that are undressing, becoming bare as skeletons blowing in the wind. Sunlight slants between rain clouds And pierces through the leaves still attached creating miniature stained glass windows in natures living cathedral. (Our last words to each other were “Thank you”) How do we thank the ones who gave us so much over the years… Or those who show us moments of kindness and comp