Tag: Satchidananda

• February 26, 2023

  The Ocean

  Welcome to Sutra a Day. Sunday has arrived and with it the beauty of winter sun which is somehow sharper than that found in the heaviness of summer. Sometimes I go to church, sometimes I listen online, sometimes I go to yoga, but for me, this day is usually one of some sort of attempt…
• February 24, 2023

  Frenzied and Frozen

  Welcome to Sutra a Day. It’s a Friday, the venerated end of the work week for those of us in 9 – 5 office jobs. It’s a day when we – if we have boundaries – leave work behind and head into the realms of pleasure, however we define it in our mind. I’m using…
• February 23, 2023

  Grandma’s Basement

  Introduction Although yoga teacher training has come to an end, my learning and seeking certainly have not.  Recently, I found myself returning to Sri Swami Satchidananda’s book, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. I kept jumping around seeking wisdom with a mind like a grasshopper. Which sutra was it? What had seemed so deep and impactful…
• February 12, 2023

  Intentions

  They say that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I take issue with that.  The idea that intentions don’t matter dismisses our humanity – and our divinity. In fact, I might state that the road to the divine is paved with good intentions.  Where is this coming from? Well, I finished yoga…