Two Spirits for Everyone

What makes us unique?

What makes us the same?

I just read part of a thesis (which was inspired by Zuni two spiritedness) by a transgender man about his life journey to becoming who he truly is.

Zuni Two-Spirits: We'Wha

As I was reading I realized that many of us experience similar feelings of being out of step with . . . → Read More: Two Spirits for Everyone

A New Experience

The yoga of a separated shoulder.

Initiated by a fall in the tub the three graceful curves that come together in delicate (but strong) balance have been released from their habitual relationship and I cannot do any yoga that requires physical symmetry. I must cultivate balance by using my mind to imagine the symmetry. Surprising how much . . . → Read More: A New Experience

What Get’s Us Into Yoga: Asana & Pranayama

These are the two limbs of yoga that the West attributes the most value to. They tend to forget that in yogic tradition spiritual study leads to the physical and study of the physical side leads to the spiritual!

Asana

We in the West tend to practice the asanas, or postures/exercises for purely physical reasons. We want to . . . → Read More: What Get’s Us Into Yoga: Asana & Pranayama