This came from some notes for a class I recently gave — thought I’d share. What does Bliss feel like? Is it extreme pleasure, or is it (as Swami Satyananda Saraswati, among others, says) more accurately defined as the absence of pleasure or pain, a state beyond mere pleasure and pain, a pure merging with all that is. So, [...]

I have recently taken my first 2 restorative yoga workshops, and I may be premature in saying this, but I think I might be hooked. It shocks me to say this! I have never had any interest in restorative yoga. Then again, there was a time I didn’t have an interest in any yoga at [...]

My name is Leaflin, and I am addicted to yoga. Some would call this discipline, and sometimes I do, too. But the truth is that, yeah, I’m about as disciplined as the alcoholic that goes to the bar every night. I feel the pains of Life trapped in a human body and bound to the laws of [...]

Well, now it’s day 8 of my fast, and I’m definitely over the hump. Here are some of the things that are keeping me going. 1) CULTIVATE AN ATTITUDE OF ABUNDANCE. There are these crazed moments when fasting (esp. around dinner time) when I start fantasizing about food and am almost convince myself that there won’t [...]

Well, let me first say that I have done this fast numerous times with great results. Nothing has worked better to clear up my skin. My digestion has greatly improved. I’ve managed to break some pretty major bad eating cycles this way. But upon further research of Mr. Stanley Burroughs, the guy who devised the [...]

Well, it’s that time of year. The relatives have cleared out, the last of the turkey scraps have been fed to the dogs, and all the good sweets are gone. I’m feeling sluggish, my blood feels like molasses, my skin’s a wreck, and I’ve been waking up feeling cranky and achy every morning with my caffeine [...]

Ok, so I’m pretty much a technophobe, and I confess also that the idea of basically journaling in public has been a little strange for me (I feel like I’m bound to let it all hang out…..and who really cares!) I’ve kept notebooks my whole life though and while my writing used to seem to make more sense [...]