Thanks to Sevapuri (@yidl) for pointing me towards this stunningly beautiful sankalpa (see below), these photos sent out via the Mangrove Mountain Ashram in Australia, and this lovely post of the writer’s experience meeting Satyananda in person (a post...

“Let the inner lamp grow brighter and brighter. Let the old leaves wither away. Lets the clouds subside. Let the great light prevail. Let the divine force rejoice in thee.” ~ Paramahamsa Satyananda Saraswati (Book of Rikhiapeeth 2009) He took...

Today’s post is not here. Rather, it’s a piece I wrote for Linda’s Yoga Journey. It’s my response to a whole bunch of stuff that’s been going down on Yoga Dork and Elephant Journal. Linda-Sama, one of my yoga sisters (who agreed with what I...

I’ve large feet, but apparently not as large as they should be (anatomically speaking) for my height of 179cm (or 5’ 10.5”). They are an Australian size 9½ which is a 41 (European) and 8½ (US). They are my father’s feet: weird squiggly toes...

I accidentally sat down on my poor little niece on Sunday! She’d been sitting next to me when I stood up for some-reason-or-other. Stealthily, she moved over to where I was sitting without saying a thing! Then I went to sit back down without looking...