How do we measure success? How do we find it? Are those different? For instance, it's been 7+ months since my memoir, Falling into Love: The Transformative Power of Community, came out. Thus far, we've made ~3% of what we spent to self-publish it back. That's a big financial failure by any measuring stick! YET, what … Continue reading Balance Brings Bliss
For as long as I can remember I've been a pretty driven dude. Pushing to score higher, run faster, rank better, and so on. And while my fiery side has served me well, it's also been a curse. You see this competitive, yang, or masculine spirit has the unending appetite of a growing teenager, always … Continue reading When Yin Dances with Yang
It's said the two biggest, and interrelated, questions in life are "Who am I?" and "Who is God?" I don't know about you, but I find both endlessly fascinating and explorable. In answering them, and transforming the first, the philosophy of yoga, in my experience, is an incredible gift. For instance, while my abilities to … Continue reading Gunas: A Yogic Path to More Life and Love
Hi beautiful being! In yoga’s physical practice, we make a point of equally working, stretching, and valuing both the left and right sides of our bodies. To do otherwise would create imbalance. It seems to me the same lesson applies to life. There has ALWAYS been both the political right (conservative) and left (liberal), much … Continue reading Why Valuing Both the Right and Left Creates Harmony: Yoga Life Lessons
Hello Amazing Soul! I hope you’re having a wonderful day. One of my greatest joys in life is gazing in wonder at people close to me when they’re doing something that lights her/him up! My wife, Lisa, beams when she’s hosting, cooking, or after a good run or ride. While, Lara, my daughter, glows when she’s acting, showing … Continue reading The Pleasure Principle: How Balancing Your 5 Pleasure Centers Will Light Up Your Life
Yoga is SO much more than poses on a mat. It gives us tools and practices for richer, more wonderful, and more love-filled lives. The Purusharthas, for instance, are the yogic understanding of the four aims of life. Purusha means "soul" and Artha means "for the purpose of," so really and truly this concept gets at "the purpose of … Continue reading Meditation on Maximizing Bliss by Finding Balance in Life
We all know we can't literally "give 110%", even though we say we're going to when we want to dig deep ... BUT, what if we could? I realized some years ago EACH of us has a masculine AND a feminine "side", regardless of our gender we have some of both. The yogis talked about … Continue reading Meditation on How to Truly Give “110%”: Cultivating Yin AND Yang Energies
Grace and Peace Yoga 