Why is it so hard to meditate?
We make time, put away the world, we sit, take a deep breath, close our eyes, and then we are confronted with ourselves. In that darkness and motionlessness, we have the opportunity to practice a...
Read MoreGrowing from sickness
Sickness is not a warzone, we do not survive a disease, nor is it our enemy. Sickness is an indication that something is wrong in our body, it is a calling, a message from our body asking for our...
Read MoreWidening our range of experiences
If we long to live a richer, fuller life, we may tend to romanticize this idea in all kinds of self-manipulating ways. If we feel frustrated for not manifesting such a life, we may blame others or...
Read MoreKeep your practice pure
Keeping yoga pure. It’s much easier to get things dirty than to clean them. It’s so much more challenging to find and maintain quietness and stillness, yet so effortlessly it can be...
Read MoreAll art is quite useless, Oscar Wilde
The preface to the novel – The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) Most likely, those familiar with Oscar Wilde’s writing style and personal character will not be surprised to read his preface to...
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