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Dear Friend, I hope you had nice and smooth start into the new year. The middle of the winter can be a period in which one may feel...

Dear Friend, I am writing you from New York City where I am spending the holidays with family and loved ones and I want to wish you all a wonderful new year full of happiness, good health, and quality time with loved ones and yourself. I also want to thank you for following this monthly newsletter and showing up to yoga whenever you do. Happy New Year!  For the beginning of the calendar year I thought I'd discuss a topic that seem to universally impact our life which is habit

Dear Friend, I hope you are well these days and wish you a happy holiday time, good recharging, and a smooth transition to the new calendar year. I will be on vacation during Christmas and New Year and am looking forward to that but also reminding myself to enjoy the last few weeks of the year despite the cold and somewhat sunless days as well as some dark world events that seem to be coming from all directions. Hoping for a better year ahead on a global level. This month I w

Dear Friend, Hoping you are well, enjoying all the beautiful colors of Autumn and ready to shift energetically to the shorter days of winter. It's always nice to reminding oneself that the darkness of the sky does not necessarily reflect the luminosity of the heart. There is an internal metaphorical sun in all of us that can always shine bright (sorry for the cliché). The topic I want to discuss here is how to embody happiness. This is a long one!  If we need to summarize wha

Dear Friend, I hope life is treating you well and you're enjoying the changing of seasons, which just like every year has come at the right time. The term "flow" is certainly a trendy one in the contemporary yoga scene and seems to be synonymous with any yoga style that incorporates movement, I see so many yoga classes using that title, such as "soul flow", "power flow", "warrior flow", "slow flow", "deep flow", "open heart flow", I even saw recently something called "sattva

Dear Friend, I hope you're well these days! It can feel quite different practicing yoga during the summer when it's hot and sweaty. I actually find it very helpful and personally love to sweat, but I know not everyone does. What's your preference? (would love to hear back ) I've noticed that I have recently been too occupied with myself, what can often be described as being self-involved, which is a sign that my yoga practice is not optimal and probably needs some tuning. Aft