Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Gandhi Was Right: Your Heart is a Buried Treasure

You know, Gandhi was right when he suggested we become the change we wish to see in the world. Though at times the world looks like a complete mess, our life’s work isn’t to look o…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Stop (Your Mind) in the Name of Love

The best two pieces of advice I have ever heard after over thirty years of doing spiritual work are this: Life advice: Don’t be shitty Meditation advice: Just stop. Stop trying …

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Destroy Your Enemies (by Making Them Your Friends)

Hating another person and being rage-filled is like drinking poison and assuming the other person will be poisoned.

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Let Depression Be Your Guide: 4 Tips On How To Use It Wisely

Now that the sparkle of holiday lights has faded, winter’s darkness and chill has fully set in. Few of us are surprised when we find ourselves feeling stuck and probably at least a…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Waking Up is Hard to Do: The Dark Side of Enlightenment

What does it mean to wake up, to be a fully realized human being? For those of us who might consider ourselves everyday people with a spiritual inclination, enlightenment can sound…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

How to Activate Your Inner Fire During Winter

Do you have a simple plan to help you through the dark, sluggish days of winter? All significant successes in life are built from many small success, so rather than pulling the bla…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Cultivate Intuition With This Simple Trick

I’m stuck in the middle of a long, very dull managers meeting around an oval executive table and my relatively new, spunky boss (whom I happen to like) is so passionate about prese…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Finding Paradise Within

Can any of us read the news anymore without a sense of overwhelm and even, can I say it, nausea? Politics that are more theatrics; race relations that are more heart-breaking than …

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Why Making Small Steps Matter

There’s wonderful story shared in one of writer Dan Millman’s Peaceful Warrior series books about a man on a somewhat mystical journey. He finds himself walking down a beautiful be…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

How to Nurture Your Most Important Relationship

If you were asked How do you nurture your relationships?, would you be able to give a good, concise answer? Maybe not, as talking about relationships is a lot like talking about lo…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Letter of Support: Yoga is Meant to Break You

Dear Will, I am writing to you because I am in day four of a five-week yoga teacher training intensive, and all of my sh*t has come up. I have cried every day, and I feel exposed,…

Confessions Of An Accidental Yogi

Don’t Move the Way Fear Makes You Move

I wonder: are there really only two ways to deal with life—either through fear or love?I think the answer is much more complex than responding with black and white answers. But if …