There have been moments in my journey where it feels as though I have reached the mountain top, the pinnacle of joy or the final destination. During these flow states, it is as if nothing could break me, as if I am indestructible…but if that were true, it would imply our ability to grow and change is finite, which is in essence our evolutionary gift as humans. And recently I was gifted with a personal reminder. It was shining a light in an area of myself I was blinded from…a

“Perhaps our dreams are there to be broken, and our plans are there to crumble, and our tomorrows are there to dissolve into todays, and perhaps all of this is all a giant invitation to wake up from the dream of separation, to awaken from the mirage of control, and embrace whole-heartedly what is present. Perhaps it is all a call to compassion, to a deep embrace of this universe in all its bliss and pain and bitter-sweet glory. Perhaps we were never really in control of our l

Patanjali’s yoga sutras (aphorisms) are references to yoga practices – spiritual disciplines and techniques of meditation which have been codified over thousands of years, with the objective of enabling one to achieve unitive knowledge of the Godhead. They can be “scientifically” traced back over 10,000 years, but I sense they have been handed down from pre-historic times and likely from civilizations that pre-date any modern Western understanding of this planet’s history. A