I think that you are serving others when you share pieces of yourself with other people.

I think that you are serving others when you share pieces of yourself with other people.

I started using drugs when I was thirteen. By twenty-one, I was shooting up coke and heroin. In my early twenties, I unconsciously used asana to make the "getter" inside me stronger. Sure, I got a hit of the yoga high - serenity at the end of class - but how sustainable is that if you're holding grudges against yourself or others?

Nothing inhibits healing like shame.

Nothing spells shame like living what feels like a double life.

Addiction struggle is believing you are separate from love. It took me a long time to glimpse that.

We take drugs because we want to feel a sense of connection, and we seek God for the same reason. The search, no matter where it's directed - divine union or cocaine - begins with pain that comes from believing you're separate from love. The key is using spiritual practice to turn inward, toward awareness, which is what we actually are.