(audio version below) Though I was not raised under any religion, I began praying at a very young age. I would lie in bed and talk to my ceiling before I went to sleep. It was decorated with small glow-in-the-dark stars, so it had the effect of looking up into the...
September's Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) This month we are paying homage to our original source of nourishment -- our mothers -- by writing them love letters. You may not ever send this to your...
(audio version below) The first time you scoop a date out of a jar of ghee in which it has been resting, you will feel like a sinner. But go ahead -- pop it into your mouth. Enjoy it with all the bliss that is rightfully yours and claim your place at the table of...
(audio version below) It seems we have a new tradition in yoga. It sounds like this: You don’t have enough certification to call yourself a yoga teacher. How can you say you’re a yoga teacher when you drive that car? You actually eat meat? You can’t even do...
(audio version below) I once had a conversation with a woman who had spent 15 years as a sex worker. She was the one whom men came to when they could not go to anyone else. You may not think of it like this, but she called her profession therapy. I could have asked...
August's Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) This month's teaching is all about how to get right with your not-so-wise traditions (aka, bad habits). Grab a journal and get ready to flip the script.. Mark...
It had been years since I’d eaten butter, but there I was with two pounds of it. These were my early days of studying Ayurveda. Suspicious as I was about butter, I dropped it into a big pot on my stove and watched it bubble away into something I was told was medicine....
When we are very hungry, taking only a spoonful of a meal can make us lose our ravenous minds. However, if we know that there is a kitchen full of grandmothers cooking in the old ways, we can be at peace with the pits in our bellies. Because when they are done -- and...
Life is challenging. And it’s easy to become jaded or cynical in the face of struggle. But cynicism is not your true nature, more like a heavy blanket you wrap around you for protection. But what if you could find peace in a different kind of protection? No matter who...
July's Awake in The Nest recording is live! (Available to all Nest members at the Silver level and higher.) This month's teaching is all about your hero's epic tale. Grab a journal and get ready to cheer yourself on. Mark your calendars for next month -- Wednesday,...
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