Author Archives: Steve

Put down that mind before you break something.

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Steve

Your mind is an instrument, a tool. It is there to be used for a specific task, and when the task is completed, you lay it down. As it is, I would say about 80 to 90 percent of most … Continue reading →

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Happy Mother’s Day

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Steve

In 1968, as the Beatles were on the verge of breaking up, Paul McCartney was on the verge of a breakdown—lonely, depressed and exhausted from resisting everything that was going on. Then one night, he had a dream about his … Continue reading →

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Please come home.

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Steve

PLEASE COME HOME   by Jane Hooper   Please come home. Please come home. Find the place where your feet know where to walk And follow your own trail home.   Please come home. Please come home into your own … Continue reading →

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Tapping into the wisdom of the body.

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Steve

Everything we do in yoga is to still the mind so that we can recognize our true being. This morning, we practiced a core-intensive Kundalini set called Nabhi Kriya. This simple but challenging kriya takes us from our heads down … Continue reading →

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The short-cut.

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Steve

“In any situation in life, you can notice yourself responding inwardly in two ways. Either you will brace, harden and resist, or you will soften, open and yield….Interior surrender is often precisely what makes it possible to see a decisive … Continue reading →

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I am, therefore I am

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Steve

When Descartes said, I think, therefore I am, he confused thinking with being. We can be without having to think, and if we misidentify ourselves with the mind, we can greatly limit or disempower ourselves, placing ourselves at the mercy of … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day.

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Steve

The five elements circle walk we practiced this morning reconnects us to earth, metal, water, wood, fire, and back to earth. To view a video of Master Paulie Zink, from whom I learned this a few years ago, click here.  

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Stuck in your story?

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Steve

As pointed out in the documentary film, I AM, humanity is stuck in an old story that no longer serves us, and never really did. In fact, the story, “Survival of the Fittest,” has become true only because we’ve come … Continue reading →

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Nectar Vision

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Steve

It was about a year ago that I won the raffle for a 600-hour yoga teacher training at Southwest Institute for Healing Arts. Yesterday was my exit interview. Ramona did an index-fingers drum roll on the desk, then handed me my … Continue reading →

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Be a forklift.

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Steve

Yogi Bhajan, a master of Kundalini yoga, once said that the job of a teacher is to be a forklift. Because we are all teachers in one way or another, each of us is offered the responsibility to uplift ourselves … Continue reading →

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