Category: India

Grieving the sudden loss of Paramaguru Sharath Jois & what it was like to study with him in Mysore, India. It has been nearly four months since my guru and…

Satya: Truthfulness. Satya is one of the yamas (restraints) of the eight limbs of Ashtanga yoga. It loosely translates to “truthfulness” or “being truthful”.   “Speak the truth that is…

June 7, 2017 I was in NYC last week for six days of morning Ashtanga yoga practice with Paramaguru R. Sharath Jois. This made my 15th full week of nonconsecutive…

You need not have eyes to find spirituality in India. It is everywhere. You can hear it – in the Vedic chants streaming eerily from the robed men and women…

“No fear, no fun” is what my yoga guru tells us after a student asks him about overcoming fear in an asana (yoga pose/position). A little fear is good (not…