No tradition is created in a vacuum. As we approach the Christmas holiday, it is always good to reflect upon the roots of that tradition, to better understand the symbols behind the figures involved — the process, and not only the form that the process takes.

If you get easily frustrated, the posture is only bringing out the reaction already inside of you, like a seed waiting to sprout. Your experience is defined by the thoughts you project into it.

Given the cultural boost that both tea and chocolate have gotten over the past few years, I’m not sure we’ve ever had so many options of amazing leaves and beans. And they just don’t ever seem to stop

It shouldn’t surprise us that sex sells yoga, because sex sells everything else: watches, hair products, cereal bars, vacations

Sometimes just giving thanks is enough

How much does one need to pay to meditate? And how did it get so expensive, anyway?

Wishing you were somewhere else or somebody different, does not serve anyone. Wiping the mirror and seeing what’s in front of you, and, most of all, being present with the situation — that is the stuff of yoga.

Considering the energy many of us are feeling this week, some sort of shift is certainly in motion. What we do with that momentum is now up to us.

The very act of validating the effects of yoga and meditation is counterintuitive to people who have transformed their lives due to these techniques. Donna Karan's latest initiative with her Urban Zen Foundation takes one more step forward in validating our own intuition.

Let’s face it, $700 billion is too large a number and too widespread an issue for any single mind to wrap its thoughts around. I'm curious about the karmic effects of this crisis, looking for guidance not on how to budget my bank account but on dealing with the people around me on a daily basis.