On the path of the heart, perhaps one of the most difficult—and most worthwhile—practices is learning not to say everything that comes into your mind, especially when those thoughts take the form of criticism, judgment, or complaint. My practice has been to create a sacred pause of awareness between what I'm thinking and what I'm about to say.

What would your life feel like if your obstacles weren’t problems to remove, but realities to work with? Explore the role of water element in learning how to embrace differences rather than erase them.

Yoga teaches that life is a journey of self-awareness. We are here to find the place in the middle, between the instinctive self and the conscious self. We need both, but when we get stuck in one or the other, we get out of balance.

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...

Resiliency is your true nature, and every cell is waiting for you to let go of your attachments and step into reality....