by Sera | Aug 27, 2019 | Blog Articles
Āyus (आयुस्) means life and Veda (वेद) means spiritual wisdom. Yoga (योग) comes from the root yuj-(युज्) which means to yoke or unite. When we think about uniting in yoga, we always assume that those elements we desire to unite are already in their prime state, ready...
by Sera | Feb 16, 2019 | Blog Articles
स्थिरसुखमासनम् ॥४६॥ sthira-sukham-āsanam ॥46॥ As Yogin(ini)s we often hear the phrase sthira-sukham-āsanam as a means to create a balanced experience in the body complex via the posture. However, as I have been studying other Vedic texts, I have come to appreciate...
by Sera | Apr 4, 2018 | Blog Articles
I consider myself an inquisitive, openminded person. I see myself mostly as a person before i do any other categorizing title. But, in moments of weakness, and doubt, or even just in the quiet moments in the dark in bed, between awake and asleep, I feel myself judging...
by Sera | Mar 21, 2018 | Blog Articles
There are images everywhere. There are images of images. A tree. Her shadow. The nest in the tree. The colors of the bird song. See it outside. Then close your eyes. See it inside. Remember. Everything. The texture of the trunk. How, like shingles, does...
by Sera | Feb 10, 2018 | Personal Writings and Essays
In the sky of a million shrieksIn a time when confusion creaksI feel my heart retractWhile eyes bulging, yearn, react. Action left and right drone falseThe dance of being, not quite the waltz We hoped and sang about – Where does the power to be come...
by Sera | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog Articles
The extraordinary thing about extraordinary education and extraordinary teachers who lead us through extraordinary education, is that in the midst of the experience, we are so engrossed, so consumed, that the experience itself seems completely and utterly normal,...
by Sera | Sep 20, 2017 | Personal Writings and Essays
i am ready for the love of eyes gazingworld swirling in pupils palms i see old loves folding into newwith what reminds of full and happy hearts my own aches with readinessa third heart beat yet it is not present and so perhaps time whispers, “not yet.” “ok” I...
by Sera | Aug 31, 2017 | Personal Writings and Essays
the way the mountain holds the sunis the kind of love i dream
by Sera | Aug 15, 2017 | Published Articles
Originally Published on The Ayurveda Experience While listening to a lecture about Prana by Dr. Claudia Welch, she made a poignant statement. Prana, when unbridled, undirected, and moving according to its nature, will naturally rise, filling the head. When...
by Sera | Jul 30, 2017 | Personal Writings and Essays
I feel fine the thread ofa silk worm eyelashes at infancy the prayer ofgrandmothers a sigh ofgrief the line of snow onglacial horizons sand in a southernbreeze i feel fine tears so delicate -quartz crystalsunder early sun heartbreak squeezingis a soft...
