Discontent with our changing bodies is a rich source of suffering. The feeling is intensified as we age due to marketing and the cultural obsession with youthfulness. This leads many people to fight aging by any means necessary, often going to extraordinary lengths to hide…

Dear Friends, Reading the latest Teacher Community Corner, I was stunned to discover that there are 1,100 certified instructors worldwide. I thought our numbers were in the thousands. Plural. There are 7.8 billion people on the planet. We are an incalculably small number, yet look at…

As we age, we think we need to slow down. Or, worse, we see it as the prize. That thought couldn’t be further from the truth. If you don’t move through your range of motion, you will lose it.

The myotatic reflex keeps muscles from snapping. When we reach the end of the stretch, we feel a slight bounce back. That’s the myotatic reflex signaling. To keep from triggering it, we move slowly, creeping in under the radar.

The roots of giving is the awakened heart. If we remain open to the unknown and are willing to decline the seductive call to withdraw, we are free to follow the natural urge to give in even the smallest and most underwhelming ways.

There are specific roots that can be directly cultivated. These roots include the capacity for being present, generosity of spirit, gratitude, loving-kindness and forgiveness.

Happiness. It’s our constitutional right to pursue it, but what exactly is it?  Most people associate it with a mildly continuous feeling of joy, but it’s closer to a state of contentment in which one is okay with life as it is. It’s less a…

The ability to repair – be it your body or relationship – is a life skill. We’re not taught this. We’re a fast-paced culture that doesn’t encourage slowing down, but that’s exactly what healing demands.

A balance body is a powerful one, full of energy, ease and grace. It is something anyone, at any age, can achieve with a dedicated exercise program. To rebalance the body, we need to bring it back into alignment by moving the whole musculoskeletal system.

The simplest and most effective way to recruit all the bones is by doing large, full-body movements using the weight of your body as the load on the bones.