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Rights & Responsibilities of a Parent

Rights & Responsibilities of a Parent

On the journey of parenthood, we have the right to raise our children in the manner we feel is truly best for them. We have the right to trust ourselves and follow our heart.

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Raising Ecologically & Socially Responsible Kids

Raising Ecologically & Socially Responsible Kids

Most parents work hard to give their children a better life than they themselves had. I've been reflecting on this as we begin to understand that ...
Simplicity & Santosha: Integrating Pandemic Change

Simplicity & Santosha: Integrating Pandemic Change

As we begin to anticipate and see signs of life returning to normal, I've been reflecting about the changes my family and I made over the past yea...
From Suffering to Softening: Parenting Through a Pandemic

From Suffering to Softening: Parenting Through a Pandemic

Just prior to meeting my husband, marrying, and having kids, I had been living and studying full-time for over 3 years in my Guru, Swami Niranjana...
Yoga Ecology: From Me to We

Yoga Ecology: From Me to We

Yoga Ecology is beginning to take the spotlight as the next crucial role of Yoga in our evolution, health, happiness and survival as a species and...
Meeting Desire: Boredom & Craving in Isolation

Meeting Desire: Boredom & Craving in Isolation

While our healthcare & essential business heros are facing fear every day at work during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, many of us are left at home to suffer our unfulfilled desires. This may be a new experience for many of us, living as we do in an age of instant gratification and endless choice. 

Yoga For Stress & Anxiety

Yoga For Stress & Anxiety

I think this is a topic that needs no introduction right now. So, let's just get right into it!

Here are some practices that are so powerful yet so simple that you can start right now. It won't take long, and they pack A LOT of punch.

Santosha: Contentment

Santosha: Contentment

Perhaps the biggest realization I’ve had thus far as a parent on the paths of both Yoga & Motherhood is that, to raise children the way I aspire to, I must first focus on my own Spiritual practice. Because, before I can guide, I have to transform.
Parenthood Self-Care Sadhana

Parenthood Self-Care Sadhana

Today is the day! The day when things finally started getting easier. How do I know? It’s the first time I went out with both my kids (aged 29 months and 5 months old) and someone remarked how gracefully I did it. Until now, women would randomly walk up to me and say, "it's going to get easier, I promise you." And today it did. Here’s how I used my Yoga to help get me through the newborn phase while also raising a toddler.

Sanyam, Restraint

Sanyam, Restraint

If we hold our children too close to us because of our own insecurities and fears, we may end up harming them by preventing them from developing the skills they need to thrive in this life, and the resiliency and confidence that one absolutely needs in order to bounce back from inevitable hurts and failures.