If you pause for a moment in the lobby at Namaspa — really pause, and observe — you can feel something alive and powerful. The soft hum of conversation, sometimes quiet laughter or quiet tears, kids weaving between grown-ups, someone making tea, someone watering plants, another person sitting in silence before class. Different ages, different stories, different politics, different lives. All sharing the same floor, the same air, the same intention to be a little more awake and a little more...

Somewhere between the last bright blaze of autumn leaves and the first steady hush of snowfall, we arrive at a threshold. The days grow shorter, the air sharper, the evenings longer. We’re moving toward the winter solstice on December 21 — the longest night of the year, the turning point where the sun pauses, then slowly begins to return. Out in the world, this time is loud: holidays, travel, gatherings, obligations, lists. But under all of that, something softer is happening. Nature is...

“…reclaim your kitchen as an altar of wholeness, wholesomeness, nourishment, and nutrition, and as a centerpiece of sanctity…” ~ Maya Tiwari, Podcast Episode 129, “The Kitchen Temple” As the season turns and days grow colder, we enter a time of year that offers many layers of invitation. For example, the invitation to turn toward gratitude, togetherness, sharing food and nourishment, and generosity. As yoga practitioners and people practicing intentional, present, and awakened living, this...