If you remember, I mentioned 2025 is a 9 year   in numerology, a year of completions.  In Chinese astrology it’s the year of the wood snake.  I have mentioned many times about the snake archetype – serpent energy of Kundalini, the spiral geometry, Ouroboros   & medical caduceus , shedding its skin/shedding our illusions, its belly being connected/ grounded  to the earth, a symbol of death and rebirth.  Snake medicine is powerful in its wisdom, urging us to use our energy wis

Last month, I talked about the Cosmic Womb .This month’s musing is about the Cosmic Breath, the Spiritual Breath, the Conscious Breath....

Disclaimer for the guys who read this: This has nothing to do with gender. We all contain both masculine and feminine energy. It’s about balancing both energies within ourselves, so we feel harmonious. Over the summer, I read several books. I highly recommend Mary Magdalene Revealed by Meggan Watterson and Our Cosmic Origin by Ismael Perez. Very different books but the overlap regarding the biblical stories was uncanny. I also suggest reading (or watching) New York Ti

This month’s musings came about because of the use of the word Namaste. Namaste is a Hindi word commonly said at the end of yoga class. Unfortunately, it’s also made its way onto T-shirts, mugs, mats, socks, and even catchphrases like Namaslay and Namaste Bitches. The first part of namaste comes from "namaha," a Sanskrit verb that originally meant "to bend." According to Madhav Deshpande, a professor emeritus of Sanskrit, says, "bending is a sign of submission to authority

At a recent neighborhood party, I was talking with a gentleman in his 90’s. He was telling me about how he and his children (around my...

Photo: Despacho Ceremony with me and beloved Q’ero elder don Sebastian (you can read more about him in The Andean Codex  by JE Williams) Back in 2021, I said the theme for 2024 would be Revolution and 2023 The Reckoning which is the preparation for the Revolution. December is a time for endings, culminations, and celebrations. January is about new beginnings and January 1st begins the illumination phase of the moon. The full Wolf moon reaches its peak on January 6th . Hmm

Samhain Blessings! The Fall welcomes the harvest and ushers in the “dark time of the year”. Yesterday we celebrated Halloween and the...

I recently heard someone talking about the Rule of 3’s in Survival: 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 min without breath....

How do I condense all that is happening in the world right now into a short message? (Rhetorical question.) This one is particularly...

There are many breathing techniques which serve different purposes. You can breathe at any age…but you may not always be able to do every...

How is Yoga adapted to each person? First, let’s look at some common causes of injuries: Biomechanical – alignment & form Achievement...

The Sanskrit word yoga is derived from the root yuj, “to unite.” If yoga means “union” then that means there must exist 2 poles and some...

Once upon a time, there was no standardization of pose names; the same pose might be called different names by different teachers or...