Not all yoga teaching language is neutral. Some of it carries the weight of systems we didn’t consciously choose.

India had been calling me for a long time, and when I finally answered, I thought I was going there to deepen my yoga practice. What I didn’t expect that on my very first day, a single sentence would completely reshape how I understand freedom.

Autumn, with its golden hues and quiet shedding of nature’s bounty, offers a powerful metaphor for one of the core teachings of yoga: Aparigraha.

In our quest for happiness, we often forget that life is inherently about balance.

Letting go is about learning how to say no and noticing, in real-time, what we don’t like or need — and then stopping it before discomfort sets in.