Whenever I wake up and my mind starts to go crazy, I remember — this morning is peaceful, I am not. There’s always a stillness that lies just beneath what is happening in the chaos of my mind. This stillness always sits in the background of whatever’s going on and…

I’ve worked hard at becoming a certified yoga instructor. 5 years ago, I enrolled in a difficult program where I was evaluated on my teaching performance each week by one of the least yogi yoga instructors I’d ever met. She was harsh, controlling, and extremely critical. Just what I needed…

With every thought, word, and physical movement, you are moving and changing something inside of you. You are either fueling something positive and something that is helpful for you and the world, or you are fueling something that isn’t. I can choose to speak, say and do the things that encourage the part of me that is LOVE, peace and wisdom. Or, I can choose to fuel those parts of me that are angry, hating, and ugly.

Be here now. It’s my go to. Whenever I’m anxious or upset or overwhelmed, I turn to Ram Dass and his teachings. I listen to the Be Here Now Network, and within minutes, my nervous system grows calm and I can feel my feet on the ground. I’m not sure…

I identify with my soul, and it all gets easier. When I speak, listen and breathe from a place that isn’t my personality, I can be present, free of worries, and intentional about how I move through the day. I am just fully living. I don’t have any agenda or…

I’ve had a long case of COVID. Longer than the typical person. It’s not “normal”, so to speak, especially since I’m in otherwise healthy, 20 something year old. I was questioning why I was having these symptoms, and since I eat healthy, why they were prolonging themselves. I decided to…

I’m transgender. My gender doesn’t match my sex organs. Sex organs are actually neutral, though. They don’t contain meaning. They don’t have that kind of power. And yet, whenever a newborn enters into the world its either “blue” or “pink” it’s “they are going to grow up to be a…

You think what I do is weird? You think the way I behave and who I am is considered weird? I know you do. You’ve even told it to me before. What I think is weirder, though, is living inauthentically. Living for other people rather than yourself. I think it’s weird we’ve normally living FOR other people, instead of for our beautiful, unique, authentic, imperfect selves. I think it’s weird we’ve stopped living and started pleasing.

Does discipline create freedom? Or does freedom create freedom? A lot of preachers, teachers, and “gurus” alike have been adamant about this idea of discipline and how it’s benefitted their life in these astronomical ways. They say discipline is what leads good results and ultimately, a better more efficient life…