How often do we allow our expectations to disappoint us? As a yoga instructor, like any form of teaching, expectations are sometimes the hardest beasts to conquer.

In order to evolve an art form, one needs to stretch beyond what was accomplished prior. Consider Ravi Shankar: the sitar player nearly single-handedly introduced classical Indian music to the world.

The soul, as the repository of feelings, represents the possible, that which is to be fulfilled; the world is the actual, the completed, and life the fulfillment.

Bringing our afflictions, our scars — Joseph Campbell who coined the term "Follow Your Bliss" would always say that our freedom is in our wounds — to light is the first and essential step in balancing what we compensate for.

After a few spins in my yoga classes, Lal Meri's debut album gets a big thumbs up. It’s one of those records that work in many situations, under many circumstances

Science is not a monument of received Truth but something that people do to look for truth.

I’ll admit it: I often read yoga-based magazines just as much for the advertisements as the articles. I find it fascinating, the way that a discipline has been transformed into numerous commodities

Let’s just say I was mildly surprised when one day a few weeks ago I walked out to dump my garbage. A pile of magazines was lying there, and right on top was something that immediately caught my eye: a McDonalds “15 minute workouts: Yoga” DVD.

While the knowledge of an impending disease is a frightening prospect for anyone, the fact remains that every one of us will die. The question is: how are we to spend the time we have while alive?

By celebrating the dead, the aging (once known as the wise), we celebrate life, and begin to comprehend what the passage of time really mean