Yoga props have benefited my practice in many ways, both on and off the mat. (Photo: Calin Van Parijs/Canva) Published on February 18, 2026 5:55 am I approached my yoga practice like everything else in my life: with hyper-independence and a drive to succeed. Whether I was navigating my education and career or lugging all […]
Published on February 16, 2026 3:36 PM Welcome to February’s solar eclipse, a supercharged new moon in Aquarius that brings a moment of reset, a blank slate on which to write a brand new reality. Solar eclipses always arrive as cosmic amplifiers, carrying the powerful energy of new beginnings and quantum leaps in consciousness. But […]
Sometimes silence is overrated. (Photo: Getty Images) Updated February 16, 2026 12:46 PM Every Sunday morning for the past seven years, I walked into a noisy room full of students to teach a heated vinyasa class. Noisy as in the dressing room, festive night out, noisy at restaurant level. It is far from peaceful shalas […]
Published on February 14, 2026 6:49 am The coming week brings our first solar eclipse of 2026, a new astrological season, a square that wants to set us free, and a cosmic encounter that hasn’t happened in centuries. It’s the kind of week that wants to change us and feels like coming home to the […]
Published on February 13, 2026 9:04 am February 2026 holds our second major astrological transit of the year. After years of teaching us emotional integration, the cosmos is now drawing us into a chapter of intentional creation. As we experience Saturn’s move into Aries, we begin a new emotional and psychological chapter that will guide […]
Here’s what changed when I started making playlists my way. (Photo: Courtesy of Anaiz Ochoa at Sweatshop Central in Phoenix; Canva) Updated February 11, 2026, 11:12 am I vividly remember watching it Saved by the bell as a little girl and drawn to the character of Zack Morris. However, my grandfather Tati repeatedly mentioned AC […]
A little silence is useful for everyone. (Photo: Marco BERTORELLO/AFP via Getty; Canva) Published on February 10, 2026 3:40 PM The 2026 Olympic Games are in full swing and the Winter Games provide a daily dose of sportsmanship, resilience and astonishing commitment. Witnessing the regimes of any competitor can be both baffling and inspiring. And […]
Published on February 5, 2026 3:01 PM Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj was ‘born’ in Bombay in March 1897 as Maruti Shivrampani Kampli. His birthday coincided with the auspicious day of Hanuman Jayanti; hence the name Maruti. The young Maruti’s childhood was spent in Kandalagaon, a village some distance from Bombay, where his father had moved in […]
It was liberating – and more than a little scary. (Photo: Karolina Grabowska | Pexels) Published on February 4, 2026 12:05 PM Yoga books? I gave all mine away. “Ouch,” I thought as I dropped them off at the school where I taught. Heavy yoga teacher training binder? I scanned some pages. Then I threw […]
Published on January 31, 2026 4:44 am Welcome to a week of release, deliverance and intuition. With a Full Moon in Leo, the direct movement of Uranus and the entry of Mercury into Pisces, the cosmic alignments support forward movement and limitless imagination. It is a week of limitless expression and easy dreaming. Your weekly […]