In our spiritual pursuit, we are trying for Satcitananda, which translates from Sanskrit to “being conscious bliss”. If we can recognize ourselves as fully conscious beings that are simply pieces of the divine, we’ll know bliss. That’s lofty stuff, right?

On the flip side, we’re still grounded in the realities of being humans who need food, shelter and water to survive - and let’s not even dive into all the things we need to thrive. For yoga teachers, this means monetizing something personal and deeply spiritual.

I taught my last classes of 2022 over the past two days and honestly, I can’t wrap my head around it. It’s nearly impossible for me to believe that at this time last year, I still had 25 hours of teacher training left to complete. I've been teaching for less than a year? That can't be right, I've been teaching forever. Time isn't real, but it IS a funny thing.

Happy Geeta Jayanti, yogis! Today marks the 5,159th anniversary of the birth of the Bhagavad Gita - we're celebrating the wisdom of this sacred text, Arjuna's struggle to find truth and purpose, and of course, the teachings of Lord Krishna.

I have a moral obligation to my community to use the privilege I have to speak up, and do the right thing - and that means no longer supporting businesses that support the police.

Guru Pūrṇimā is an auspicious day dedicated to honoring our teachers. It's celebrated by both Hindus and Buddhists on the full moon day in the Hindu month of Âshâdha (from June to July).

As spring starts to slowly think about coming back around, we begin to wake up again. The clouds roll away and the snow starts to melt, we stretch and rub our eyes and blink into the morning light that suddenly exists again.

The essence of Hatha hasn’t changed since its beginnings over a thousand years ago - using the breath and physical posture to affect change in the body. However, what we practice today doesn’t look much like what the ancient Hatha yogis were practicing in the year 1000.

Hello, friend! I’m Kass - I grew up in Rochester, NY and have put my roots down here. It’s a great little city, in spite of the mountains of snow we get every winter.