My city is under occupation by an armed, masked, Military. Its not a joke. I’m watching people get pulled from scooters and beaten them outside of my window on a daily basis
Ashtanga Yoga isn’t fragile— But the system that tried to contain it? That one cracked. When leadership is centralized, the whole thing topples with a single loss. When authority is gatekept, the system can’t adapt. But Mysore-style was always meant to be self-practice. Passed hand to hand. From one dedicated practitioner to another. You breathe,…
WTF is an Ashtanga Influencer? The internet is creating celebrities instead of role models— and it sounds more Bravo Housewife than it does richard alpert at harvard. Being visible doesn’t mean being knowledgable. Having followers doesn’t mean having integrity. And floating in handstand doesn’t make you a leader. Influence isn’t wisdom. Popularity isn’t pedagogy. Pretty…
Colonizers gonna colonize. Oppressors going to oppress. Its your body, its your choice. These aphorisms help push back against self-reinforcing loops of domination—social, cultural, political, even spiritual. It’s a systems insight dressed in streetwise wisdom. Could I be any more explicit? Hello! In Systems Thinking, Donella Meadows would call this a reinforcing feedback loop—where the…
Pain can wake us up. It means its time to adjust. But how? The Yoga of Synthesis is a holistic approach to spiritual practice that integrates the four major yogic paths—Karma Yoga (selfless service), Bhakti Yoga (devotion), Jnana Yoga (knowledge), and Raja Yoga (meditation and mind control)—to develop all aspects of the practitioner: body, heart,…