"But it's not enough only to know what's right and wrong; action is the other, and more important half of moral understanding." ...

It was surreal to reckon with how irreverently I treated myself in my younger years, with absolutely no concept of or regard for future me.

Ahimsa does't offer a scale on which to weigh the value of a life--a gnat is as precious as a 5-year old child.

The toughest aspect of Ahimsa to confront is Flexible Morality: how we manipulate our values to serve us in the moment.

The GOAT is the enduring mascot of Middle Aged Athletes (MAAs) everywhere. Or maybe just in New England. Or maybe just for me.

"May your choices reflect your hope, not your fears"--Nelson Mandela

I'm inspired to do more and try harder. I'm inspired to believe in myself just like I believe in our new leaders and the future of America.

The eternal question of the yogi is how to actively live our lives without being too bound to outcome, able to flow with inevitable upsets.

The most glaring lesson I take away from 2020 is that holding on too tightly to future plans can cause suffering when they slip away.

We will inevitably be asked "What did you do over quarantine?" in an expectant way, like returning to school after summer break and feeling

Who would I be & what would I do if I wasn't running every day? If my days didn't revolve around my daily run, what would hold them together

I'm taking in (and marveling at) in my surroundings at every step, rather than just rushing past the same cityscapes.

Anyone can call their compulsions rituals to present them as benign, even sacred, and convince themselves that they are.

How do we keep ourselves going if there's no outside pressure to do so? The same way we get better at doing anything else: practice.

Only I can keep myself down; I can't blame other people.

In a totally unexpected twist, it turns out I can create my own god, in much the same way I was always taught that god created me.

In order for me to embody this Niyama, I have to genuinely accept that presupposition: I have to believe in god.

Times are tough for everyone right now, and many of us need work. But that's no excuse for companies to lowball employees.

Motivation is a mysterious thing that everyone's trying to crack at some point. But the very nature of motivation is that it wanes and re-em

Although the basic values of the Yamas and Niyamas at their core could be considered universal, their application, both individually and as