Taking time out each day to relax and renew is essential to living well.

We are being called into realization with great urgency and extraordinary beauty, and oftentimes not without difficulty.

Compassion is fierce and strong, and it holds people accountable. But it doesn't do it with anger or judgment.

I believe that yoga should lead us to a place where kindness and compassion are instantaneous.

I don't think we find compassion. I think we become the space that compassion wants to live in.

We are deep into the year of the dragon and all around the intensity of the collective pushes forward to a new age. The pieces and parts, the far-flung shades of life that make our hearts beat faster are starting to coalesce directly to the source.

Follow your nature. The practice is really about uncovering your own pose; we have great respect for our teachers, but unless we can uncover our own pose in the moment, it's not practice - it's mimicry. Rest deeply in Savasana every day. Always enter that pratyahara (withdrawn state) every day. And just enjoy yourself. For many years I mistook discipline as ambition. Now I believe it to be more about consistency. Do get on the mat. Practice and life are not that different.