Sometimes if you’re out of touch with what your heart most deeply desires, or what lights you up in life, then you lose your sense of direction, your sense of purpose.  In Tantra, desire is not part of the problem, rather, it's the source of the solution. In Ashaya Yoga, we explore the Tantric definition of desire and how it can elevate life beyond your wildest imagination.

Meditation is an art. It requires a keen awareness, combined with patience, about what’s going on in the mind. For many people, when...

In the mantra below, from an ancient yogic scripture, the Guru Gita, knowledge of the self is needed to clear our eyes of the veils of...

By contemplating our “next moment,” we were no longer present. In Tantra, savoring the present moment, being with what is, whether it's blissful or now, is the key to opening the door to freedom.

The weather in the last few weeks here in New England has been really gloomy: cold, wet, windy, and rainy! It seemed like it just...

As I’ve been exploring the Chakras during this month in the Ashaya Membership , I’m completely blown away at the depth and comprehensive...

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.