I've been meditating with a mantra everyday since 2010—with only a few breaks and exceptions here and there. I ask myself: Why have I stuck with this habit of twittering around with an internal sound, and how can I explain this addiction to readers who are unfamiliar o...

"My voice is not that important. What's important is your inner experience," Dr. Hayden says.

I am sitting in a recliner chair. He is guiding me through a body scan.

"Your eyelids are becoming heavy, and the heavier they become, the more relaxed you become."

I invite the...

As much as I wanted to like the new movie about Han Solo's rise to being a lovable smuggler, I found myself struggling to settle into the story. My strife was due to one particular, glaring element of film composition that vexed my mind from the opening scene until the...

The self is composed of layers. We all know this.

The physical body alone is saturated with an intricate web of systems that operate interdependently and symbiotically in order to satisfy a wide variety of purposes.

Yet, the physical body does not fully encompass the ent...

Yogani has claimed that AYP is an open-source system. Yet, he once wrote to me that AYP RYTs should not be teaching modifications to the baseline. I'm confused.

Doesn't an open-source system allow for modifications to the baseline?

It's not really in line with the op...

driving across Gandy bridge

in a vehicle made by the hands of

hundreds, maybe thousands, potentially millions

(we're even in the billions now, last i heard, though i wonder if the count is really true)

i see pelicans catching the wind close to the concrete

they hover by the...

I can't sing Conan O'Brien's praises enough. To me, he is the most enlightened humorist on television today. Sure, that's a subjective superlative, but sometimes I like to indulge in defining and categorizing who I consider to be the best, because it is my idea of the...

On the AYP chat forums, there is a high level of decorum.

I use the word "decorum" because it reminds me of a cross country running coach I once had at a Jesuit high school. Our coach would say to the team (with his stern voice): "We're going to maintain decorum, gentle...

In the archetypal tale Peter Pan, the villain Captain Hook often chides the eternally pubescent Peter Pan with the admonition: "Bad form, Peter, bad form."

Form is such a fascinating concept and reality. Anything that can be perceived has form. Even ideas in the mind ha...

I think I got something figured out when it comes to bodywork.

Much of the success of a session hinges upon the therapist's ability to hold space, and upon the client's receptivity in allowing the therapist to fulfill that role. What I mean is: The more secure and sta...