As the air turns crisp, the days grow shorter, and the earth begins to dry and cool, we enter Vata season—the time of year dominated by the air and ether elements.
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September is National Yoga Month, and as I read the responses from our students about why they started practicing yoga- and why they keep coming back- I felt inspired to reflect on my own “why.”
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As summer begins to wane and early signs of fall emerge—cooler mornings, drier air, shorter days—we are entering a sacred threshold in the Ayurvedic calendar known as Ṛtu Sandhi (pronounced *ri-tu san-dhi*), which means "the juncture between seasons."
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“We often think of insight, peace, or clarity as things we can only access in stillness — in a quiet room, on a meditation cushion, a yoga mat, or deep in the forest. But what if the path to presence was less about silence and more about how we see the world….”
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“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” -Marcel Proust
Recognize how avidyā clouds your perception of reality. Come back to the present and the truth- everything will be okay. Exercise included at the end of this blog post.
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As the days grow longer and the sun climbs higher in the sky, we enter what Ayurveda calls Pitta season—the summer months marked by heat, intensity, and transformation.
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In order to grow you must water yourself- pour into yourself so that you can pour into others. Have enough compassion for yourself to recognize when you need attention and give it to yourself. If you want to end suffering in the world outside of you, you must start with the world inside.
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In tantric philosophy, the concept of Pañca‑Kṛtya, the five divine acts of the universe, offers a profound way to understand the nurturing spirit — not just in mothers, but in all of us.
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As the weeks unfolded in this self-imposed quiet, I noticed something. Social media’s absence in my life revealed its influence. Like stepping out of a noisy room and realizing how loud it really was, I could hear my own thoughts. And from that space of silence, here’s what I learned.
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With almost everything in life, if you want to get better at something, people say “practice makes perfect”. But can you ever truly perfect anything? Or do you simply keep practicing, keep doing your best and keep getting better?
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