Always Beginning

Always Beginning

Written by Lynn Austin Lalka I want you to think of your first day of something. Your first day of school, or a new job. The day you accomplished a longstanding goal, or the day you took the first step to live your life in a different way. How did you feel on that...
Svadhyaya; Exploring Our Inner World

Svadhyaya; Exploring Our Inner World

Written by Cat Kennedy Swami Kripalu once said, “The highest spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment.” The yamas and the niyamas are the first two limbs of Patanjali’s eightfold path. They are considered the “ethical guidelines” from which to live by....
More Warrior, Less Worrier

More Warrior, Less Worrier

By Carrie Hood Steven Soderbergh’s 1989 film, Sex, Lies & Videotape, opens with Andie McDowell explaining to her psychiatrist her obsession with the mounting garbage problem- “Where is it all going to go?!”. This is exactly how I was feeling at the same time and...
Spring Cleaning Saucha

Spring Cleaning Saucha

FOM May/June 2023 written by Keith Porteous “The best thing about your life is that it is constantly in a state of design. This means you have, at all times, the power to redesign it. Make moves, allow shifts, smile, do more, do less, say no, say yes—just remember,...
Imagine No Longer Desiring Pain

Imagine No Longer Desiring Pain

FOM Jan 2023 written by Swan Michelle “Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.” Eckhart Tolle I practice a somewhat unconventional approach to New Years/cycles that I would love to share with you. It is not programmed, crafted nor engineered by a...