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By Bibi Lorenzetti, Newburgh Yoga Shala The word aparigraha is usually translated as “non-grasping” or “non-possessiveness,” and when I first encountered it, I understood it the way most of us do — as a reminder not to be greedy, not to accumulate more than we need. That understanding isn’t wrong. But over years of practice and study, I’ve come to feel it much more viscerally than that. Pari means “all sides.” Graha means “to seize, to grab, to take.” And here’s the piece tha

“Equanimity is Balance everywhere. Balance with the force of wisdom being included in a compassionate effort” Sharon Salzberg This month we explored Richard Freeman and Mary Taylor’s book Feeling Happy: The Yoga of Body, Heart, and Mind. We shared practices and contemplations geared to remind us that real happiness lies deep within and remains untouched by the external experience of life. A difficult concept to grasp but an essential one in the path of Yoga. In the Bhagavad G

The path is not always linear, but if you quiet the senses, quiet the mind, create a little stillness outside of yourself and within...