(Written a week ago) It’s been two weeks, and I’m still recovering from the sudden loss of a dear friend. He was the closest example of a...

For better or worse, we feed and otherwise tend to our bodies. For better or worse, we feed or otherwise tend to our minds. We are aware...

Many people aspire to sit quietly. I’m one of them. I know the benefits. I know the reasons why I avoid it. I’m busy. I’ve got stuff to...

Last week, I was fortunate to experience the gift of a custom-made crisis. I found myself tied up in knots, constricted by a story about...

Having a purpose in life is beneficial for one’s well-being. It’s been proven to reduce the risk of suicide, among other important health...

I’ve been thinking about the massive yellow jacket wasp that lived with me for a few hours last week. When I first saw it buzzing around...

There’s a certain vanity that comes with being alive. We feel ourselves better than all who have come before us. We do have one major...

A cornerstone of yoga is the Sanskrit word “Tapas”. Translated, it means discipline and “heat.” We implement discipline in our everyday...

That’s what I was asking myself after I injured my back at the end of a five-day yoga immersion. But I already knew the answer: I...

Some people say that the only antidote to fear is love. That doesn’t make sense to me. The Bible says that Jesus commanded his disciples...

Full disclosure: I am not awake. I don’t even know what the word means, quite honestly--and that thought tickles me, as I sit here and...

I was raving to a friend about my yoga teacher the other day. I was going on at length about his knowledge of the human body, how he...

“Seek and you shall find” (Matthew 7:7). “Want and you will never be satisfied” (me). There is a difference between wanting and seeking....

There’s a cute little coffee shop in Asheville, NC. It’s situated on a fast-moving, five-lane road just outside the city. To help...

My wise daughter recently taught me the term “internalized capitalism.” It’s an interesting concept. We judge ourselves in terms of the...

I went to my wise dad for advice long ago, and he told me, “Stop ‘shoulding’ on yourself.” I laughed with delight when he said it,...

It’s interesting to consider the different flags we wave. It’s a strange concept to me, clinging to an identity so strongly that I’d have...

If I’m not right here and now, where am I? Lost and wandering. Dreaming. Imagining a moment that has never existed and will never exist....

I’ve received a message throughout my life, one I’ve generally managed to ignore: Be Still. The most urgent and unpleasant example was...

"He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like...