Fire is the most powerful element for change. I call it the element of alchemical transformation. In yoga, Fire, or Agni in Sanskrit, is related to Tapas, which means heat or austerity. Tapas is the dedication it takes to prioritize a steady daily yoga and meditation practice.

Sacredness is a vantage point, a perspective, that is awakened through deep states of consciousness, vulnerability, and sensitivity. Yoga...

Have you felt an increase of stress lately? I have. Maybe it’s because I scheduled myself to travel and teach every single weekend this...

I don’t usually   teach much about devotion – perhaps because of the kind of devotion I practiced earlier in my yogic studies at Kripalu....

Recently a friend of mine died of cancer. Her death sent me into a very deep inquiry about the nature of my own life. Read more...

Spring is a time of new beginnings. It’s a time to plant new seeds of intention and new seeds of radical affirmation. A time to set aside...

A widely held belief in the Tantric tradition is that the secret of the entire universe is hidden within the statue of Shiva...

The great philosopher Aristotle once said that our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit it. In...

In the Tantra, it’s said that when Shiva closes his eyes (Nimesha), he conceals the entire universe within his own being. Sva Prachodhana...

Hasya and Ananda: How to Take Life Less Seriously. I was seriously going after the unreachable enlightenment.

Tantra has many meanings. It can mean a book, a scripture, a practice, or a weaver’s loom. “Tan” in Tantra means to extend or expand.