Last summer, I spent 24 hours in New York city. The architecture, the lights, the food - all of it - was impressive. But what most impressed me were the people. Not their kindness or keenness or coolness, but simply [...]
Our lives are filled with noise. First in the form of physical sound; much of which we choose to invite in by what we listen too. Televisions, car stereos, ear-buds, etc. - we live in a society where audible inputs [...]
When I hear the word resilience, I typically think of attributes like stamina, strength, or grit, as well as the ability to endure external blows. Not just physical blows, but psychological and emotional blows, as if a resilient person possessed [...]
With Yoga Teacher Training coming soon at Sol, my mind turns again to growth. It feels great to grow. There is a simple joy in it. To learn new skills, gain fresh comprehension, or even just see a familiar thing [...]
Recently a segment of our community committed to the work of personal change. The first law used in that process is to seek the truth, specifically about one’s self. This requires us to be open to really seeing. Often what’s [...]
Do you believe you have the power to create whole-life health for yourself? After years of worrying too much about what I do and don’t eat and how many miles I run each week, yoga’s message that health is to [...]
I haven’t been swimming enough this summer, but did get to in my home town recently with my Dad. We exchanged a few tips and then each went to work in that isolated realm of a swimming lane. During breast-stroke [...]
How is it that moving my body through this sequence of ancient postures over the years has begun to ground and center my spirit? I believe it may have something to do with honoring the Source of all Gifts. But [...]
I recently had the chance to play in the Pacific Ocean for a few days. Wanting to improve at surfing, I signed up for a lesson and then practiced for the four days that followed. When I wasn’t getting sea [...]
The past six weeks or so I've listened to two books that were very different but contained an identical saying which I'd never heard before and really struck me. It is: "Anything worth doing, is worth doing badly." Yup, that's [...]