The Neural Mind and the Wisdom of Yoga
For centuries in the West, we were taught to think of mind and body as separate. The “mind-body problem” placed thoughts up in some ethereal realm, while the body was reduced to biological machinery. Cognition was explained like software running on hardware — a model that ignored the profound reality of our lived experience. But […]
Reflections on Being Called a “Yoga Master”
A few months ago, a new librarian moved into our area. When we met, she said: “I heard there’s a yoga master living around here.” She meant me. I laughed, perhaps even blushed a little. I don’t usually think of myself in those terms. I’ve always seen myself as a lifelong student, someone who has […]