Dear friends💜 Vishuddha means the pure place. When Vishuddha is balanced, we discover our authentic voice and can be ourselves in all situations. Our communication is clear and untainted, and we come to others with compassion and kindness. We have the space to see ourselves clearly and can let the divine wisdom of the universe […]

Dear friends💜 The Heart Chakra, the Anahata is the bridge between matter and spirit. It is associated with unconditional love, compassion and joy. It is the source of deep and profound truths that cannot be expressed in words. Anahata means unstruck, unbroken. It is said in many of the scriptures that there is a sound

Dear friends💜 Just came back from a one day Vipassana course at Onalaska Washington. It feels right, after 6 hours of meditation, which requires discipline and will power to write about the Manipura Chakra. The third chakra Manipura is associated with the fire element. It relates to energy, kundalini, power and transformation. “The center of

Dear friends💜 The Second Chakra is associated with the water element. It relates to letting go, flowing, moving, feeling, yielding and change. In the first chakra we learn to ground, stabilize and focus. Now in the second chakra, Svadhisthana, our challenge is just the opposite, to let go, to flow and move, to feel and

Dear friends💜 This story by Colleen Saidman Yee, is about rooting and grounding: “I remember one day asking [my mom] why she was sad, and she said, “I miss my trees.”“Trees?” I thought. “After everything we’d lost, you miss trees?”My mom loved trees, especially old maples. And, though my first thought was sassy, I knew

Dear friends Earlier today I was walking by myself through a beautiful park on my way to Shabbat services at the Shul. As I was walking I started to think about what I should share in this weekly email. But my wiser self was saying: ‘Why now?’ Why don’t you just be present in this walk?’ You

Dear friends💜 As some of you may know, I am a student again in an advanced yoga teacher training program. In the course about the brain we received a recommendation to watch a Ted Talk by Jill Bolte Taylor who is a neuroanatomist and author of My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey.

Dear friends💜 In preparation for Passover, the holiday that represents freedom. A journey from bondage to liberation I was thinking what freedom really is. Does freedom mean we get to do whatever we wish, whenever we wish? Is freedom the ultimate goal or just a means to find happiness? In my understanding freedom correlates with

Dear friends Almost every morning last week I woke up with a migraine headache. A chronic illness which had faded away, through my spiritual practice, in the last decade. I was trying to understand what has changed in my daily life and the only change I could think of was my new position at a

Dear friends Most of us are here for the third limb of yoga. The asanas – the poses, and so I thought it would be valuable to go though some of the asanas and break them down. Their benefits for body and mind and some modifications we can take. I will examine these postures through traditional books like Hatha