Like most people, I spend a lot of time thinking. I also spend a lot of time thinking about thinking. Yoga considers thought to be a...

Turner's The Dogana and Santa Maria della Salute, Venice Imagine a beautiful old masterpiece painting, a vast landscape. When you look at...

Back to School…Three simple words on the lips of so many people I know. Three simple words appearing on my screen in advertisements…

According to the Sanskrit Grammarian Yāska life exists in six stages: They exist (asti) They are born (jāyate) They grow (vardhate) They...

Deep breath Hand on chest How is your heart? The physical heart is an amazing muscle - and unique - cardiac muscle isn’t found anywhere...

The Taittiriya Upanishad (teaching for householders) says much about teaching and learning… “Do your duty; learn and teach. Speak truth;...

In the forest-tract of the sense-pleasures there prowls a huge tiger called the mind. Let good people who have a longing for liberation...

My family and I were fortunate enough to be able to spend time in the South of France this summer (all gratitude to my generous parents...

Back in the early summer my friend and fellow yoga practitioner, the photographer Emily Walker approached me about a creative...

*as I see it When you read this title what do you think? If you are anything like me your mind will start casting around ideas of...

There has been so much written recently about toxic positivity...about spiritual bypass, ignoring world problems, ignoring complicated...