Winter Solstice on December 21, 2025, New Moon on December 19, 2025
Winter Solstice on December 21 New Moon: on December 19 Learn about the significance of the New Moon in yoga and how to align your practice with this phase.
Third Quarter on December 11, 2025
Third Quarter: on December 11 Understand the Third Quarter Moon’s role in yoga and learn practices suited for this lunar phase.
Full Moon on December 04, 2025
Full Moon: on December 04 Explore the full moon’s influence on yoga practices and find out how to harness its powerful energy.
Introduction to Tristhana Method
“When breath and movement unite, the mind finds stillness.” Introduction In Ashtanga Yoga, meditation doesn’t begin after practice — it is the practice. The Tristhana Method is the heart of this living meditation. It describes the three points of attention that transform physical movement into mindful awareness: Asana – the posture or shape of the…
introduction to Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga
“Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break, and with sincere devotion.” — Yoga Sutra I.14 Introduction Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga is both a tradition and a method — a living lineage that originates from Mysore, Karnataka, India. Its richness lies not only in its history but in its…
What is Secular Humanism?
Secular Humanism: Wisdom Without the Woo Secular Humanism is the philosophical stance that says: “We don’t need divine authority to live meaningful, ethical, and awe-filled lives.” It’s a worldview that centers human reason, empathy, and shared responsibility—without appealing to supernatural explanations. Think of it as spirituality for the rationally grounded and ethics for the evidence-based….
What is an Indigenous Insight Practice?
Indigenous Insight Practice: Seeing Through Relationship Let’s start here: “Insight” in most Western traditions is an inner aha moment—a lightbulb flicking on inside the mind. But for many Indigenous traditions around the world, insight isn’t about a flash of understanding in the head; it’s about a deep, felt recognition of relationship. It’s not about knowing…
Praxis: Where Study Meets Sweat (and Teaches You Back)
Let’s be real—most of us came to Ashtanga Yoga for the sweat, not the Sanskrit. We rolled out our mats, followed the count, maybe tried not to breathe like a punctured accordion, and slowly realized… there’s more going on here than hamstring length. That “more” is what philosophers call praxis: the magical (and often messy) dance between what we learn and how we live. So… what is Praxis?
Finding Your Practice Rhythm: A Year-Round Approach to Ashtanga
Many of you have asked about structuring your practice around trips to Mysore—or more importantly, how to create sustainable training cycles when annual trips to India aren’t part of your reality. Let me share how I’ve applied basic athletic training principles to organize my own practice year, and how you might think about doing the…
What is Insight?
There’s a moment in every yoga practitioner’s life—usually somewhere between your third attempt at Marichyasana D and your first truly calm Savasana—when something clicks. It’s not a stretch, not a pose, not even a breath. It’s a flash of understanding that doesn’t come from reading or reasoning but from seeing. That’s what we call insight.