Waiting to Be Given the Next Pose: Reclaiming Authority Over My Practice
The method saved my body and my attention. The power structure around it nearly cost me both. I could have written a post about it. I built a platform instead.
Passion Doesn’t Pay Rent
Your 200-hour taught you to sequence a class. It never taught you to own the platform, the pricing, and the recurring income that outlast your knees.
Yoga Filter #1: Who Decides What’s Real
This is Yoga Filter!
A Little Better: On Watching Your Mind Get You Hurt
Knowing what your mind does won’t stop it—but practice shortens the gap between recognition and reaction.
When Medication Was Not Enough
People with treatment-resistant depression showed decreased depression and anxiety after practicing Sudarshan Kriya yoga, while those on medication alone saw no improvement.
Yoga Broke the Pain-Depression Cycle in New Study
A 2020 study found that yoga significantly improved pain levels, mood, and functional capacity in people living with both chronic pain and depression.
Narayana and Practice
On what yoga is really for — not just stretching and calm, but union with the everything of it all. A reflection on Narayana, the name Gopala, and being held by the infinite.
The Guilds of Practice
Long before studios and certification programs, disciplines like yoga, martial arts, and music moved through something closer to a guild system. Not corporations, not franchises. Communities organized around the transmission of skill. The purpose wasn’t growth. It was continuity. A guild-like structure worked a certain way. Knowledge passed through apprenticeship and long-term mentorship — not standardized products. Teachers were responsible for both technical instruction and the ethical development of their students. Communities stayed small enough for relationships to remain personal. Money changed hands, but differently. Payments took the form of patronage or long-term support rather than per-transaction pricing. A teacher’s livelihood was tied to the stability of the community, not the volume of individual sales. This structure evolved for an obvious reason: disciplines that require…
A Mood Is Not a Practice
Thirteen six-week courses, seventy-eight guided sessions, eleven real techniques — the eighth limb engineered as a practice you can actually operate.
Stating the Obvious
A blogger handed himself a permission slip I needed: blogging can just be stating the obvious.