For a flower to open, first it must be closed. For you to awaken, first you must sleep. This is nidra for nidra. The practice of yoga nidra (yogic sleep) is not intended to put you to sleep, but it can allow you to enter a state of deep relaxation that many say is...
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Why I Left
It was impossible for me to know why I did it at the time I did it. I had my reasons. I laid them out logically on the table and argued my point. But whatever I said at the time wasn't the real reason. What I learned in the time after, through lightning flashes of...
April Awake in The Nest: Awakening
April's Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) This month we play with a few practices that support a healthy upregulation of the nervous system (think excitement, enthusiasm, outward gaze). Often in...
Wake Up to Granola in Kapha Season
I think the Ayurveda police are going to have my head for this one. Granola is definitely not listed in Ayurvedic texts. I’ve never attended a class on the merits of toasted oats. In fact, I’ve attended a few lectures talking about how dry, crunchy granola is a...
Now I Know
It’s impossible to know in the moment of doing something big why you are doing it. You may have your reasons at the time. You may lay each of them logically out on the table in front of you and argue your points with whomever is listening. But you don’t really know...
The Wisdom of Awakening
(Listen to the audio version below) What would it mean to have a sunrise kind of life? Maybe you’ve never heard these words – a sunrise kind of life – strung together like this before. But perhaps simply hearing them creates a welcome sensation in your body, one of...

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“On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure.”
The Bhagavad Gita 2:40