Suan Sati Blog

Some lessons have to be learned the hard way. Running Suan Sati has taught me patience beyond what I ever imagined possible. As you…

Hope. We all understand what hope is and what it feels like. We experience it every day to some degree. We hope that things…

There is a basic premise and a question at the root of my outlook on running Suan Sati. The premise is that my role…

I’ve heard it said before that if you ask a group of people why they practice yoga, the most common word or theme will…

In my last blog, I wrote about community. I am incredibly grateful for the beautiful aspects of my personal community, and for the larger…

Humans are hardwired to seek community. Throughout our history, building community has been a means for us to stay safe, share our workload, disseminate…

My guiding word for 2024 is savor. Life has been flying by the past couple of years and I feel like I haven’t taken…

There are two central concepts in yoga philosophy that govern our practice and lead us to a still mind. The first is effort, called…

Uncertainty is inherent in this human experience. No matter how much we try to control, organize, dominate, and manipulate, we can never completely achieve…