I know many of you have been following my journey with my dad. I wanted to let you know that...
September, 2022 Dear friends, I was talking on the phone with a friend the other day, and after a couple of...
This afternoon I am sitting with my father, and it is peaceful. It’s raining. He is reading; I’m working on my computer. He is humming contentedly to himself. It is quiet. It reminds me of some of my favorite moments of my childhood. My parents and I sitting around, reading...
January 2022 “Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.” –...
I received an email from a student recently asking for help looking for yoga classes for her parents who live...
February 2025 Hi Source community, I’ve been thinking about the ways we all make a difference in this world. We each have our roles to play and our strengths to bring. When things get chaotic in life, we might wonder what is it that we can do to help –...
Happy Hanukkah! Soon we will be welcoming the solstice, the returning of longer days, and for those that celebrate, the...
April 2023 “This is one way of speaking about mindfulness, or being present: coming home to ourselves. When we bring...
In The Princess Bride, one of my favorite movies, the evil prince Humperdinck has dragged Princess Buttercup to the altar. There’s a great deal of noise outside the castle, and he knows that her true love Westley is coming to save her in a matter of minutes.
I invite you to bring Beginner’s Mind to your practice and to your life this month. What would it be like if you didn’t have to get it right? If you didn’t have to be perfect? What if you allowed yourself to be a beginner, to make mistakes, without self-judgement and self-criticism? What if you could approach anything from a place of being brand new?
This Monday, I dropped my daughter off at her first day of kindergarten. Weeks before she stepped into her new...
It is always a delight to simply observe how babies and small children move their bodies and explore their world. I can imagine that to them, every detail is so fresh, so new–so unspeakably vibrant!—they can’t help but pay attention: touch, taste, wiggle, and discover all that surrounds them. Truly,...
