I call this “The Journal” instead of “The Blog,” because it’s personal.
It’s not so much that food is yours to take but that you are taken by food. Sure, you may have cooked it. You may have even grown it. But like all things that are created, the food belongs to life. So give it its due. Consider the way every bite gathers the ripples...
(Listen to the audio version below) To truly teach the wisdom of receiving I would have to leave this entire page blank. But for the sake of your entertainment and education, I will use the words that are available to me, though I share them with the caveat that none...
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...
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'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...
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...
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...
(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...
What if feeling what we feel is the greatest strength that exists? Too often we uphold the ideal of strength as stoicism, sobriety, or indifference. We are taught that we are at our strongest when no appeal, whether from compassion or anger, can sway us. But that’s...
Love letters are healing for the writer, recipient, and reader. May this letter offer healing and celebration of my partner on his 44th year. Dear Robin, I wanted to give you a gift for your birthday, but your preternatural satisfaction with what you already have...
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The Bhagavad Gita 2:40