Parvati's Story: The Value of Longing & The Power of Practice

I believe in story, and I believe in practice... As a teacher…

Sacred Story: A Chat with Susanna Harwood Rubin

Today I got on the phone with Susanna as part of my Sacred Story Online Immersion project. When I was designing the course I knew that I wanted to create a series of blog posts and interviews with various teachers who have also brought myth and story into their own daily lives. My intention with this was to show the ways in which many different people have come to work with deity practice, or mythological narrative, in a way that is both potent and creative....

Julie Peters On The Power of Narrative In Daily Life & Practice

Yesterday I had the great pleasure of getting on the phone and chatting with Vancouver yoga teacher Julie Julie_PetersPeters. Julie is one of my favourite teachers and one whose voice I deeply respect and value in the greater yoga community that I am part of. In our conversation I specifically spoke to her regarding her relationship to Indian mythology and the topic of deity practice....

Invoking The Divine: Eric Stoneberg on Deity Practice & Daily Life

As I prepare to offer my Sacred Story course I wanted to bring in the voices of some of the teachers who have inspired me most, and share them with you. The very first person I thought of speaking to was New York yoga teacher Eric Stoneberg, so last week I got on the phone with him and we had a super fun chat on the topics of deity practice, personal sadhana, mythology and more.....

Lakshmi and The Harvest Feast

Thanksgiving is a true Lakshmi holiday. Lakshmi is the Indian goddess of beauty, order, material pleasure, abundance, and sensual delight. We invoke her when we take time to savor the simple pleasures of our physical existence such as a warm sweaters on a cold day, the comfort of a fresh cup of tea, or the smell of burning leaves in the air. And we honor her when we express our gratitude for all the blessings that we receive each day...