At the end of my Friday morning Kundalini Yoga class today, as my students and I slowly packed our mats and blankets away, I overheard one student (who was changing back into her “civvies” in the privacy of the yoga studio) say to the other: “that’s a really pretty dress… it looks so lovely on you.” As I came out of the studio to say goodbye to everyone, I noticed that same student’s hair, which had been striking me all morning as looking so beautifully wavy and wild. I told

Art by Ines Hofe “You see, ecstasy is the natural human state, and the obstacles we create to ecstasy are part of a dictatorial state our thought makes us live in. Ecstasy is simpler than suffering. It smells good. It is present throughout. It is with us always. There is nothing to do and nothing to look for. It’s enough to stay totally open and let things occur without worrying about changing their nature. By our being really present, continuously present, all reality

I don’t believe in co-incidence, so when I was walking home from the park today and felt a stone in my shoe, I knew it was time to write this blog. Bear with me… Just prior to the stone in shoe moment, I had been on the phone to a potential new yoga student, who was explaining to me the symptoms of a “disorder” he’s been diagnosed with, which means that his body and mind don’t talk to each other. As a result, he is in constant pain and his body does not respond reliably to co