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Yoga Love
I love old, immense ideas. Ideas that can and will encircle, embrace all that a human being ever was or could be. Ideas that wrap us like...
megna paula
May 183 min read


September Changes
Every moment is a transition from what was into what is. Being present is simply riding the waves of change. Being a yogi is riding these...
megna paula
Sep 3, 20212 min read


yoga in nyc
How do we embody the eightfold path of yoga as we live our fullest lives in New York City? We blur the lines between practice and...
megna paula
Aug 3, 20212 min read


Gratitude
Truly feeling grateful and blessed can be overwhelming— we are suffused with the abundance of our lives and recognizing, calling out,...
megna paula
Jun 5, 20213 min read


Free to be/ Content
Contentment is simply stability of mind: a steadiness that is sanity. When we are discontent, dissatisfied with the here and now, we...
megna paula
Jun 2, 20212 min read


From habits to Happiness
Our habits give form to the fluidity of our lives. They are the structure, the rhythm of our days, the patterns of our perception, the...
megna paula
May 21, 20214 min read


From Habits to Expertise
We humans are creatures of habit— or so they say. But what happens when we come into the habit of conscious awareness? We see ourselves...
megna paula
May 19, 20213 min read


Wanting & Detachment
To look deeply within, we start small, we start at center. We use the idea of centripetal force and intentionally draw our attention, our...
megna paula
May 13, 20212 min read


Space, Time, Mind
What happens with speed of mind? We are always seeking the “up” energy: coffee, busy schedules, excitement for good things to come. Do we...
megna paula
May 3, 20213 min read


Permeable
How do we allow people and places to change us? When we close ourselves to change, when we create boundaries and structures that preserve...
megna paula
Apr 30, 20212 min read


Big Love
There is no such thing as personal love— love with limitations is not love but attachment, which we feel as caring and devotion,...
megna paula
Apr 29, 20212 min read


Non duality
When we shift our perception away from dualities, we free our minds from labeling, naming, sorting, owning, categorizing. This is an...
megna paula
Apr 27, 20211 min read


Love Now
How we love is how we live: completely, or not at all. When we are at our best, all that we do in our life flows from our love for...
megna paula
Apr 26, 20212 min read


Stress as Inspiration
Stress is the defining disorder of our time; disorder also defines stress. Disorder is the same whether we are looking at mind or body,...
megna paula
Apr 18, 20213 min read


faq: will yoga fix my problems?
short answer: yes, because you will see that there are no problems! long answer: What does it mean to come into yoga, into philosophy or...
megna paula
Apr 16, 20212 min read


How to Live Happy
Given our lifestyles of material abundance, energetic variability, and stress/pressures on our living space and time, how do we design...
megna paula
Apr 15, 20213 min read


Magic of Essence
When we hone the skill of moving fluidly through life, with ease as well as clear direction, it is essential that we are sensitive to...
megna paula
Apr 14, 20212 min read


One Love
The insanity we seek out is what we call love— the desire to be fully with the beloved, the one that we love. And it is one that we love....
megna paula
Apr 10, 20213 min read


Connections
The greatest magic of our lives is our connection with others, the energy that brings us together, and the mystery of how paths can...
megna paula
Apr 8, 20212 min read


Presence as Power
There is no power without speed. And to mobilize energy smoothly, efficiently, we need to recognize the nature and depth of resistances....
megna paula
Apr 7, 20213 min read
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