India Part 3 - Sacred Pilgrimage

A bit sleep deprived, we arrived in Chennai to begin our pilgrimage. Chennai is a large city in Southern India, with a population for the metropolitan area around 12 million people. Chennai is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Here, Tamil is the official language which is totally dif... Read More

India Part 2 - Exploring the Golden Triangle

Our group of amazing yogis parted ways in Rishikesh (read about that here). Some went back home, others continued their adventures around India or South Asia. I had 4 days before I was going to meet back up with our teacher Janet and another group of yogis to go on Pilgrimage in South India. I de... Read More

India Part 1 - Path of Devotion in Rishikesh

I’ve just returned from a month in India. The first thing everyone wants to know is “How was India?” And I’m honestly at a loss for how to answer.  Sunrise visit to Kunjapuri Temple in Uttarakhand (photo by Sara Davis) I’ve traveled a lot in my life - all over Europe, to Australia, to Mexico coun... Read More

May We Open To Awareness For The Benefit Of All Beings

If you’ve taken any of my classes, either online or in person, you may have noticed that I like to end my classes with this quote: But Awareness of what? It is helpful to clarify what I mean by awareness. It is not awareness of one specific thing, but of many. Depending on who you are and what yo... Read More

Yoga Talks: Santosha

“Contentment makes poor men rich. Discontentment makes rich men poor.” - Benjamin Franklin I’d bet you’ve heard some version of the phrase “true happiness comes from within.” It has become somewhat of a cliche. Maybe you’ve seen a wise cartoon character say these words, or maybe they have shown u... Read More

Yoga Talks: Starting A Meditation Practice

Have you heard about the benefits of meditation, thought you’d like to try it out, only to be overwhelmed with all of the different types of meditation? Or maybe you gave it a try but weren’t sure if you were doing it right. I can relate to both of these scenarios. I started practicing meditation... Read More

Yoga Talks: Alignment

Let’s talk about alignment! This is a huge topic in the world of yoga that relates to many aspects of the practice. Let’s dive in! What is alignment in yoga?During my teacher training, our anatomy expert and physical therapist Harvey Deutch made sure to stress the point that “THE (perfect) alignm... Read More

Yoga Talks: Nervous System Regulation

Did you know that 77% of people experience stress that affects their physical health? This is according to the American Institute of Stress. Studies have shown that stress worsens or increases the risk of conditions like obesity, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes, depression, gastroint... Read More

Yoga Talks: What Is Yoga?

Today I’d like to talk about the very simple but important question: what is yoga? Yoga is a word that means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. Let’s bring it back to Patanjali and the Yoga Sutras, which is widely considered to be a foundational text of yoga philosophy. The Y... Read More

Yoga Talks: Citta

Hi everyone, I’m Max. I’m a 200-hour certified yoga teacher who has been practicing regularly since 2012. Although I do have a decade of experience practicing yoga, I want to start out by saying that I am a student, and I just want to share what I’ve been learning. Today I want to talk about citt... Read More