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.

In the yoga world, I think Kali gets a bad rap. She’s dark, scary, vicious, and her tongue hangs out of her mouth. She wears a necklace of baby skulls, a belt of cut off arms and legs, and she holds a severed head that drips blood into a bowl – blood that she’ll drink later. Gruesome! She is perfect for a Halloween haunted house! However, there is a bright side to Kali. She represents a universe of possibility. Empty of concept and limiting beliefs, she is the pure potency