by swanriver | Jul 20, 2021 | FOM
Love in Action written by Kristen Weddle Once a year, my extended family and I put forth our best efforts to come together for Family Visit Week. Although my family has grown much larger over the years, the size of the house where we stay has not. Over the course of a...
by swanriver | Jul 1, 2021 | FOM
“I’m Fine”. But am I? Svadhyaya through Asana Practice written by Lynn Austin Lalka In the past year, the majority of conversations I had started with the same question: “How are you doing?”. This seems like a pretty normal way to start a conversation, but the...
by swanriver | May 24, 2021 | FOM
Unity: a State of Wholeness written by Andrea DiBlasi Unity is the state of being one; oneness; a whole or totality as combining all its parts into one. The word yoga comes from the root ‘yuj’ which means ‘to yoke’ or union. Consider Inner Union as one theme of...
by swanriver | Apr 28, 2021 | FOM
Pushti: Ripening to Release written by Meghan CW My grandmother hadn’t spoken a word for quite a while when I was called into her bedroom on my 18th birthday. Grandma’s caretaker was a dear friend of the family, an energetic elderly woman named Darlene....
by swanriver | Mar 31, 2021 | FOM
A Perfect Mess written by Keith Porteous “We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.” – Anne Lamott When I was growing up in the 1980s, time with my...
by swanriver | Feb 25, 2021 | FOM
Spring & Ayurveda written by Taylor Tidwell “Life runs in cycles. The wheel never stops turning. No matter how dark the night, morning comes. No matter how cold the winter, spring comes. When you feel despair, know that the wheel is turning. Joy will...
