Hot Yoga in America traces its roots back to a sweaty gymnasium in Calcutta by way of a claustrophobic studio located in the high-rent Shinjuku district of downtown Tokyo. The innovator who piped heat ...

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There was once a man who was visited by three goddesses. They were attempting to settle a dispute between them, a trifling matter to determine which of them held claim to the golden apple that had ...

Everybody these days wants a bit of Yin. You know that this downbeat practice is in fashion now that Oprah Winfrey, the queen-bee of mainstream culture, has endorsed it in her magazine. So what it is ...

Saying “thank you” ain’t nearly enough, I’m sure we agree, but it’s a start! Those who know war, as they say, hate war. It’s not a thing of glory, it’s a thing of mud and blood. Plato said “Only the ...

Humans have three types of tears. Basal tears are saline-based and contain electrolytes, oils, mucus, and proteins (over 1500 of them!) to keep our eyes lubricated, protected, and nourished throughout ...

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This month is the sacred month of Saga Dawa, when millions of Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana (passing away) over 2500 years ago. Ironically, this same month, in ...

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In one of the stamens of the flower of the world is Pemako in the shape of Vajra Yogini lying down. Outer, inner and secret levels correspond to the levels of the mind. In the secret chakra of Vajra ...

In my quest to bring rise to the detriments of the patriarchy, to share remedies for women undoing the trauma, and to elevate the divine feminine in all of our lost aspects, I have always been up ...

Everyone and their mom knows, at least intellectually, that the whole of creation is in a state of endless revolution. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, “No same man could walk through ...