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And that’s not because you don’t want to or because you don’t know how. It’s because something inside you freezes the moment you even think of leaning on someone else. There is a voice inside of you ...

It’s a practical concern, in a way: we can only process as much as we know how to process. If we seek to avoid discomfort, we may not even try to process. If we long to cling to the island of “good ...

It’s better to take our time than trade a job well done for hasty speediness. Busy can be good! Chaos can be delightful (and hard on our egos). But busy-ness…not so much—and our never-ending quest for ...

And I know for certain that when I look into another human being, whether they have eyes to see or not, I can behold them.

“The day science begins to study non-physical phenomena, it will make more progress in one decade than in all the previous centuries of its existence. To understand the true nature of the universe, ...

In one of the stamens of the flower of the world is Pemako in the shape of Vajra Yogini lying down. Outer, inner and secret levels correspond to the levels of the mind. In the secret chakra of Vajra ...

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I often think of yoga as a practice which moves beyond the boundaries of the spoken word. I did my first teacher training in Cologne, Germany—at a time that I didn’t speak more than a handful of ...

In a relationship, having your partner withdraw at an emotional level can bring confusion, pain and frustration. Here’s why men seem to pull back. Women who relate to men that do this are often ...

What does it mean? Where do we get it wrong? And how do we practice it wholeheartedly? In our day-to-day lives, we have opportunity after opportunity to show up empathetically for the people around us ...