My wise daughter recently taught me the term “internalized capitalism.” It’s an interesting concept. We judge ourselves in terms of the...

I went to my wise dad for advice long ago, and he told me, “Stop ‘shoulding’ on yourself.” I laughed with delight when he said it,...

It’s interesting to consider the different flags we wave. It’s a strange concept to me, clinging to an identity so strongly that I’d have...

If I’m not right here and now, where am I? Lost and wandering. Dreaming. Imagining a moment that has never existed and will never exist....

I’ve received a message throughout my life, one I’ve generally managed to ignore: Be Still. The most urgent and unpleasant example was...

"He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like...

Many students feel awkward chanting Om, especially at first. I did. I felt like a fraud, a fool. I felt self-conscious and ridiculous. I...

“Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.” “Every...

During my extended mental, spiritual, mid-age, whatever crisis, I walked many miles. I hiked on any trail I could find, pounded many city...

"You may create an agonizing relationship breakup or patterns of relationship challenges. You may create a financial crisis. You may...

You will learn on the mat that open doesn’t mean sedated or passive. Open is an active, powerful condition, because it is fearless. And...

I would tell you, young me, to take your time. Time is your most valuable asset, and the only actual time is now. The quality of this...

Dear younger me, I would tell you yet again that you are the God of your Universe. Yet your life experience often ends up feeling like a...

"I want to write, but I just can't," someone recently lamented to me. She looked disappointed by my response: "You have to practice." If...

I asked a friend how life was treating him. He replied with a sigh, “As well as I let it.” We laughed at the truth of it. As I lingered...

The more you stretch, breathe, and sit on the mat, the more tools you gain for life beyond it. That’s because practicing yoga is a...

(This is another article I wrote to my younger self, about some things I think I might have found helpful back when I was miserable.) I...

There is no other time. There is no past or future. They do not exist. This moment is a bridge between the two—a fleeting transition....

(Written to my younger self—perhaps the contents would have helped me, back in the day when I suffered as her.) There are eight limbs of...

I lost my favorite journal. It was a leather-bound gift from a dear friend. It was a beautiful book. I was awed by the soft, stitched...