The Shala Daily

Chewing gum may sharpen focus and soothe nerves, echoing how tiny rituals shape mind and body on and off the yoga mat.

Dr. King’s movement revealed ahimsa as a living discipline that inspires courage, service, and transformation in both individual lives and society.

Philosophy, at its core, encourages us to seek truth and challenge our assumptions, much like the ancient yogic inquiry into the nature of the self. The recent decision at Texas A&M University to restrict a professor from teaching Plato—arguably the father of Western philosophy—raises deep questions about truth, knowledge, and the values that shape our…

The Ashtanga community stands at a crossroads. After decades of enabling harm through silence, we face a choice: continue the patterns, or build something genuinely different.

Sutras 1.19–1.22 address what creates readiness for samadhi—past preparation, burning aspiration, and degree of effort. Some arrive quickly. For others, the path is slower but no less real.

A 15,000-person brain imaging study reveals that sustained yoga and meditation practice physically reduces the brain’s fear center over time—science confirming what the yogis already knew about the power of subtraction.

Part 2 of 2: Today we flip the script—leading with external rotation while yesterday’s IR work continues to integrate. Notice if ER has opened as a downstream effect of the balanced approach.

He’d been nursing the shoulder injury for two years. A friend mentioned BPC-157. Within months, he was practicing fully again. When his teacher asked about his recovery, he said “patience and modifications.” It felt like he’d failed at tapas by not suffering long enough.

Karma Yoga is the Yoga of Action How often have you heard me say that? It’s an aphorism I like to trot out whenever I notice a certain amount of abherance in stated desired outcomes of change and the measure of perceived effort on my end as a teacher. All talkie-talkie, no walkie-walkie. Big talk when it’s…

Media theorist Neil Postman warned that a “technopoly” arises when societies surrender judgment to technological imperatives. What disappears are precious human capacities—curiosity, discernment, presence.