The new year is always a great time for turning inward, reflecting, and setting intentions. But we should avoid the trap of thinking that the challenges that arose in 2020 will magically dissipate because it’s a new year. What we can…

The state of yoga may be attained through dharmic birth, the use of sacred plants, mantra, tapaha, or samadhi. — Patanjali, Yoga Sutra 4.1 Entheogens — ayahuasca, San Pedro, psilocybin, DMT in various forms — are having their moment right now. A lot of my friends are either working with…

You can only influence the world positively when you are free of the world. When you are not free of the world you secretly hate it, because it constantly breaks its promise to you. — Anand Mehrotra What I would like to convey in this post is how powerful a…

“Yoga is bullshit.” I realized not long ago that some part of me felt that way. I wasn’t consciously thinking that of course. But I had noticed that my “yoga practice” had fallen off precipitously. Even though I had been practicing for over fifteen years and teaching for a decade…

I will be offering a monthly satsang starting Sunday. (Check my schedule for dates and locations. More on that below.) For those who don’t know, a satsang is a sort of wisdom talk, a simple gathering of yogis engaging in spiritual discourse. If you love talking about yoga, satsang is…