Last week I saw a Broadway play for the first time in a while. It was incredible—the creativity, the exuberance, the emotion. … I could NOT hold it together. I know I don’t get out much, and I AM a renowned crier, so that alone wasn't unusual. And yes, there were definitely some sad moments in the play (with that music—come on). But that wasn’t the only reason I was crying. There was a palpable energy in that theater that deeply moved me. The combination of live music, extraordinary talent...

Hi Harlem Yogis! Between Passover and Spring Break - April really exploded out of the gate. If you celebrated Passover, Easter, or Eid - I hope your celebration was joyful and expansive. These early-April holidays commemorate very different traditions, yet they share a beautiful common thread. Each arrives with the season of renewal and expansion. Each, in its own way, is a celebration of freedom. A shaking off of the shackles of winter. In Yoga - this Expansion is known as Ayama. To...

March is the threshold — the quiet turning from Winter toward Spring. A season of transition. And with any transition, we are invited to pay attention. To appreciate what is ending and create space for what is beginning. To honor the time it takes for one state to gently become another. This weekend in Teacher Training, our anatomy teacher spoke about how the body itself transitions — how muscle gradually becomes tendon, tendon becomes bone — not in abrupt lines, but through seamless,...