The Archive

Dear Friend, I am writing you while on vacation enjoying the bright sun and warm air and the coziness of being around family and friends that I haven’t seen in a long time, hoping this find you well wherever you are. This time of year is special, feels likes some things are coming to their closure and new things are awaiting around the corner. I want to wish you a wonderful December holiday time and a smooth and uplifting transition into the next calendar year with all the fr

Dear Friend, I hope you are enjoying the beautiful colors of Autumn as I am. The days are definitely getting shorter, which means it’s a great time to do some indoor activities (like yoga :) We are living in challenging times… There are so many sources of distraction all around us, not all bad. We have access to an unfathomable amount of knowledge at the palm of our hand while at the same time it feels like superficially has completely taken over most aspects of our life. Our

Dear Friend, I hope you are well, in good health, a decent mood, enjoying the autumn vibe. I recently came back from the annual Weekend Autumn Yoga Retreat, was a smaller group than usual which was nice and cozy. As always, I enjoyed every second of it, sharing different aspects of yoga and the depth of the practice that I love so much. Thank you to all of you that joined, it was lovely to spend a full weekend with you! The first time I ever meditated, I was asked to do a ver

Dear Friend, Humans have always been prone to seeing the world in black and white. Dividing the external world into polar opposites seems to make life easier to process and digest but it also prevents us from recognizing nuance which is essential to comprehension of complexity, and in current time it appears like this ingrained tendency has reached new, perhaps even catastrophic, levels. I find this quite worrisome and hope social scientists can figure out what is causing thi

Dear Friend, I hope you are enjoying a summer vibe and/or vacation, and occasionally maybe having some casual time outdoors. Hopefully the feet are getting a lot of air time and the skin some sun time, although bright warm sun light is a bit scarce these days. I love this time of year, not so much because of the weather which I find lovely anytime, but because city life seems to move somewhat slower, and the general tendency to rush and hurry is lower than usual. Health and w

Dear Friend, I haven't sent one of these emails in a while.. Hope you're well! In case you haven't noticed, summer days are long and hot, yoga may feel a bit different in this kind of climate, so take care and make sure you don't get overheated on the mat, and at the same time enjoy all the benefits that this kind of heat can bring to the body, like more elasticity and the wonderful detoxing effects of some good sweating ;-) Occasionally I come across people comparing yoga to