Category: Meditation

  • A Season of Turning Inward

    The air dries first, then the light lowers, then the mind begins to move in ways we did not ask for. Autumn is not a season to fight.…

  • The Witness and the Breath

    Between what happens and what you do about it, there is a space. It is very small, and it is the only place where a response can truly…

  • Rest While Staying Awake

    Yoga Nidra is not sleep and it is not an exercise. It is deliberate rest — the body lying still while the attention stays awake, and many find…

  • The Breath Comes First

    Most of us step onto a mat and go straight for the pose. The old teachers start somewhere else. They start with the breath, and they are not…

  • Turning the Senses Home

    Stand beside a stream in Uttarkashi for ten minutes without reaching for your pocket, and something unusual happens. The world does not go empty. It goes specific.

  • The Tale of Descent of Ganga on Earth

    In Treta Yuga, When King Sagara of the suryavamsa decided to perform the ashvamedha yagna. Lord Indra became fearful of yagna, stole the horse and tied it i…