I never would have believed it if someone told me at the beginning of this project how much my life and how I live it would change in...

This Yama, like Ahimsa, is often translated to an overly-distilled and myopic concept: celibacy. But Adele is quick to point out the...

Week 3 of living Asteya (non-stealing) tells me to "live as a visitor to this world, rather than an owner"; I am to use free and...

A couple of lifetimes ago I was a teacher at a Yeshiva (Jewish school), and although I'll never be an orthodox Jew, there are many Jewish...

No, I'm no a lying piece of garbage. But I learned the value of speaking less and thinking more. Reflections on living according to...

Continuing my exploration of Satya, Week 4 Tells me to look at ideas and beliefs that once served me but have now become archaic: What am...

Every time I do succeed in slowing down & looking around, I'm often enchanted--or at least entertained-- by what I notice, especially in NYC

When we're not expressing our true uniqueness, we may turn to destructive ways of dealing with what's pent up.

The most important aspect of the second Yama, Satya, is that it works in partnership with the first, Ahimsa: be truthful, but do no harm.

The whole concept of Ahimsa requires one to be kind and non-violent to oneself first, so I've tried (and mostly failed) to keep that in mind

Worrying over someone is a type of violence, as it means we don't trust them to make their own way or make the right (in our eyes) decisions

Ahimsa the first item of all 8 limbs of yoga and serves as the foundation for everything that follows--first and foremost, do no harm.

January's theme at my home yoga studio, Yogamaya, was "The Niyamas", which allowed me to go back to my favorite book on the subject, The...