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Do you find sitting meditation uncomfortable? You’re not alone. For many people, the traditional posture, sitting cross-legged, is not ideal. The good news is that cross-legged...

Often people ask me how they can create more abundance in their lives. My experience is that the Universe answers our requests so it’s important to...

The River of Your Life: A Yoga Meditation Writer Anne Lamott says there are two great metaphors for our lives: rivers and gardens. Thinking along the...

Starting a Meditation Practice:  Rituals Work! I’ve never been much for formality. It’s a familial thing. My parents’ spiritual proclivities—if they had them—were very much their...

Jump Start Your Meditation Practice with a New Book and Discount on a Cushion or Bench! Sitting meditation may look easy, but in reality sitting still...

For the first time since last fall, I’m sitting next to an open window as I write. The spring air, with its occasional hints of blooming...

A while back, I wrote a post on mindfulness of the body, centering the practice on breath awareness. In the Theravada tradition, breath awareness is the...

Hugger Mugger was established in 1986 to help people in their practice of yoga. 38 years later, we still maintain the philosophy that it is important...

The last few weeks, I’ve shared posts on this blog about the sacroiliac (SI) joint, a part of human—particularly female—anatomy that tends toward injury in yoga...

The Buddha said: “There is one thing that, when cultivated and regularly practiced, leads to deep spiritual intention, to peace, to mindfulness, and clear comprehension to...

Introduction Growing up, I was never very athletic. I never really enjoyed team sports. I was average at baseball, soccer, and basketball—scrawny and uncoordinated. I didn’t...

This post explains one of the 4 Foundations of Mindfulness. Normally, I might have chosen to write this after the first foundation (mindfulness of the body)....

Our bodies change. As we age, they require more TLC. No matter how well you eat, or how much yoga you practice, our bodies wear out....

When I first began practicing mindfulness in earnest in the 1980s, relatively few people had heard of it. Over the past 10 years or so though,...

Do you like to buy American? Truth be told, it’s not as easy as it once was. In the mid-20th century, manufacturing led the U.S. economy....

Over the years, countless people have asked me what benefits my students feel when they practice asana. A quick Google search on the benefits of yoga...

In the summer, most of us are naturally more active. Getting outside to hike or exercise is a natural complement to winter hibernation. But in the...

My introduction to Tingsha Bells was on the first five-day silent mindfulness retreat I attended in 1988. The bells announced the entire schedule of the day—wakeup...

In 1988, I attended my first silent Insight Meditation retreat. I noticed one thing right off—how incredibly out-of-control my mind is. But as my mind began...

A number of years ago, I was listening to “The Diane Rehm Show” on NPR while driving to work. Diane’s guest was a woman who had...

The yoga tradition has long encouraged respect for the world around us. This includes humans, other animals, plants and natural resources in general. The first of...

One of the most challenging aspects of yoga practice seems to be learning how to rise above our cultural ideas about the body. It is also...

Our arms are our instruments of doing. We use them to accomplish almost everything we do in our daily lives. We use them to chop veggies,...

What motivates you to practice yoga and/or meditation? Why go to the trouble to attend a class or two each week? We’re all busy, and yet,...