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In order to support you in sharing the magic of the Feathered Pipe, we are offering our 2012 Feathered Pipe “Bring A Friend” Promotion: We will give you and a friend $100 off the cost of ANY 2012 Feathered Pipe summer retreat at the time of registering for the same retreat.

A Lasting Peace Movement – Joe Weston

I still believe that congress, business and especially the Occupy movement must find ways to overcome the anger, prejudices and past “hurts” and figure out a way to communicate with respect and honor…. I am excited for the possibilities. 2012 is going to be an amazing year!

Somewhere in Between – Eric D. Myers

“Why and what is it that enables these people to experience and endure such hardships and still smile and waddle their heads in such a welcoming and joy-filled manner? And why with all the excess and comfort that we have in the West are we still so often unhappy, if not miserable, feeling that we are lacking something?”

The Power of Aromatherapy – Michael Fraser

Almost everyone knows about aromatherapy–and most people probably experience it when they get a massage. But, very few people use aromatherapy in their daily lives as an important tool for stress reduction and helping the body heal.

Bhakti Moves – Carie Garrett

Somewhere along the line, we were told that our dance looks silly, that our singing isn’t pretty, that our story doesn’t fit in with what other people are saying, that our ideas of fun are childish, rather than child-like. We throw water and sand onto our inner fires, squelch our uniqueness and our passion about life…

The Difference Between Healing And Curing – Dr. Lissa Rankin

We must reclaim the heart of healing, and it has to start with YOU. Changing the skeleton of our system, without focusing on the heart, defeats the whole purpose. When something lacks heart, the whole thing keels over and dies, which is what’s at risk of happening to our current system.

Pizza Margherita – From the FP Kitchen

At the Feathered Pipe homemade pizza is always a big hit and typically served on a busy evening like arrival day. It is essentially a flat bread covered with various toppings, a method which many cultures and cuisines share and has been popular in the Mediterranean region for centuries.

Going to Jail Today – Kelly Boys

I feel the impulse to write about my experience in San Bruno jail today. I teach a weekly iRest (Integrative Restoration Institute) class there, to a group of men who are incarcerated veterans convicted of violent offenses.

The Power of One Moment – Anne Jablonski

No book, no manual, no clinical scientific study could ever convey with such clear conviction – that even just one single solitary breath wrapped in peace has the power to make possible the choice between waking up to embracing life’s purpose or to settle for anything less.

Yoga and the Risk of Injury – Baxter Bell, MD

Before getting into recommendations for modifying specific poses to reduce the risk of injury, I’d like to step back today, and look at what we know about key areas of the body that are at risk of injury from an unbalanced asana practice. What do I mean by an unbalanced practice?

Neck & Shoulder Relief – Michael Fraser

THE TWO MOST INEXPENSIVE SELF MASSAGE TOOLS available for the depths of winter…We’ve all heard of “rice bags”. The truth is, there is no better way to relax your neck and shoulders then by following this simple recipe…

Yoga in Daily Life (Part 2) – Ravi Ravindra

Thus our ordinary daily life can become a spiritual practice, a true sannyasa, not by renouncing the world, but by renouncing worldliness. It is a form of dying to the world, which in effect is a form of dying to our self, to the usual self which is thoroughly entangled in the forces ruling the world…

Yoga in Daily Life (Yoga Practice) – Kira Ryder

We often speak of the mind being in grip, yet it is more often the heart that refuses to let go. The heart does not like to experience the pain loss, even when it is the loss of our attachment to the small (asmita).

Yoga in Daily Life (Part 1) – Ravi Ravindra

Those who are freshly in love have no complaints about daily life. It is the lack of a love affair with life that makes everything stale and dull and uninteresting. We can be connected with the same quality of engagement while washing dishes in a kitchen, or praying in a monastery on Mount Athos.

Mattar Saag Paneer – From the FP Kitchen

I learned to cook Indian food while working in the kitchen of the Feathered Pipe. Not surprisingly due to all of the ties to India, Indian food is served frequently, with slight variations on vegetables used and dishes made.

You Are Enough Already – Jennifer Cohen

There is what I think I can do, and then there is what I can actually do…Simple as that. My ideas about what works for me, my family, and my work do not often match with what actually works. In those moments, I dig deep into my practices to walk the talk I teach, the truth of exquisite sufficiency – being enough already.

Balance: Gratitude in Being – Marc Lesser

Where is the line between meditation and not meditation, between paying attention, and not paying attention, the line between amusement and annoyance, the line between birth and death; these few delicious and impossible moments of time we call our lives. Just show up, fully alive.

In Good Hands: The Ever-Deepening Practice of Self Care – Michael Fraser

The truth is, we can’t nurture ourselves enough really. Our bodies, our minds, our emotions and our spirits, all need to be treated well daily. Each part of us needs to be cared for and the more we can find ways to care for ourselves in small ways throughout our day, the better we will feel all around! “As we treat ourselves, so we treat the World.”

Flowing With Transitions – Carie Garrett

Change… It seems like everyone I know is going through major changes right now. Big shifts are happening on our planet and many of us are feeling them, both on a global scale and within our interior universe, as well.

Gingerbread Cookies – From the FP Kitchen

We hope that this Season of Communion finds you well and surrounded by friends and family. We as well hope you are looking to the future and the coming of this New Year as an opportunity for New Beginnings.

Yoga Bodies, Yoga Minds (Part 2) – Chase Bossart

Yoga therapy is not yoga therapy by virtue of its using yoga techniques or methods, but rather by virtue of its yogic understanding of how these tools are used. This understanding is based on yogic understanding of the human system, ideas that are very different from conventional Western medicine.

Yoga Bodies, Yoga Minds (Part 1) – Chase Bossart

Are we really practicing yoga for healing? Or are we just introducing yoga-esque tools into conventional, Western models of therapy and calling it “Yoga Therapy?” To answer the question, we need to look as closely as we can at the therapeutic application of yoga in its original context.

Tofu Steaks with Yeast Gravy – From the FP Kitchen

Tofu Steaks has long been a lunch-time favorite served with freshly-made vegetable soups and salad greens. Tofu has gained a reputation as being a very bland-tasting food, but in reality when properly prepared, it has a wonderfully subtle flavor absorbing and accentuating the taste of the complements it is seasoned and cooked with.

Onward & Forward!!!

We are excited to inform you that the Feathered Pipe 2012 Summer Retreat Schedule is posted on our website. Also, we are offering our largest discount of the year, 10% off the retreat price for Registration & Full Payment by Dec. 31st!

“Dear Creator…” -Tao Porchon-Lynch

So look to this day for it is life, the very essence of life. In its brief course lie all the verities and realities of your existence. The bliss of growth, the glory of action, the splendor of beauty. For yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision.

Sesame Chicken with Shitake Mushrooms & Mustard Greens – From the FP Kitchen

Mushrooms continue to be one of my favorite vegetables; both their firm yet tender texture and earthy flavor are appealing to me. Native to south Asia, shiitake mushrooms have been used in both medicine and cuisine for thousands of years.

Blessing the Earth with Our Footsteps – Laughing Water

“You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns.”

~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Freedom Style Yoga: Meditation in Motion – Carie Garrett

Freedom Style Yoga is an intuitive approach to living…The practice is about listening inwardly for guidance about what to do or not do, trusting what you find yourself knowing, and being brave enough to let yourself give expression to it in the world.

What We Need to Practice – Baxter Bell, MD

Yoga posits an intriguing paradox that we each have a perfect, eternal quality already within us, sometimes referred to as the purusha or atman, and at the same time, we have a personal dharma or path to follow that requires active engagement in this lifetime.

A Myth for Our Times – Christian de la Huerta

We are the imaginal cells, awakening now to our full potential, no longer willing to live lives of frustration, lies and mediocrity, or to hide our light under a bushel. Once we find each other and come together, we can no longer be destroyed.

Succotash – From the Feathered Pipe Kitchen

Based upon similar dishes made by the Algonquian tribes, American colonists are thought to have interpreted and incorporated succotash into American cuisine during the 16th or 17th century. Many believe succotash was served during early American Thanksgiving meals…

Kale Chips – From the Feathered Pipe Kitchen

Kale, a member of the brassica family, is a nutrient rich and delicious vegetable, which is gaining popularity in American cuisine. Kale chips are one way to enjoy kale on its own, as a snack, or in addition to soups and salads.

Roasted Cauliflower – From the FP Kitchen

Sometimes it seems cauliflower is relegated to being overcooked and covered with thick sauces, neither of which seem to truly compliment the vegetable itself. Lightly roasting cauliflower brings out its delicious flavor while slightly maintaining its nice crunch.

Bacon and Broccoli Quiche – From the FP Kitchen

Any number of different meat, cheese and vegetable variations may be made into a quiche, though bacon and cheese is especially classic given the popularity of quiche Lorraine. I am fond of quiches with vegetables such as broccoli, asparagus, leek, onion or mushrooms in addition to desired meats and/or cheeses.

Teaching a Man to Fish – Baxter Bell, MD

Yoga is a treasure chest of options, techniques and tools, some of which have developed over thousands of years. And these days, when people in my classes and therapeutic sessions present with difficulties that are the direct result of aging, I feel like I can truly offer something of benefit.

India Supera’s “The Elk Story”: Manifesting a Dream

It is time to dream. It is time to come together and inspire and encourage one another. It is time to take this “good chance” and manifest our future, a future where all are welcomed, nurtured and included. It is time to Occupy Our Hearts and become the community of wondrous beings we truly are!

Sprouted Lentils – From the FP Kitchen

As a child, my parents co-owned a small sprout business based in Montana and only recently have I revisited the culinary practice of sprouting seeds. Germinating seeds into sprouts for consumption, either raw or cooked, is most commonly known as sprouting.

Finding the Right Balance – Sherri Baptiste

Yoga can be a most rewarding and relaxing discipline and form of exercise, but many who wish to try it are scared to enter a yoga class for the first time. Going to your first yoga class can be exciting and scary.

Fresh Lemon Tart – From the FP Kitchen

Lemon, Citrus x limon, is the tart fruit of an evergreen, by the same name. Likely native to Asia, lemons were generally utilized for their medicinal properties as well as ornamental appeal. They are one of my favorite fruits to cook with due to its endless versatility.

Raja Yoga: Yoga’s Royal Road – Michele Hébert

“Raja Yoga picks you up where you are and sets you down a remade human being.”

-Huston Smith

This Crazy Ole’ World – Dr. Daniel J Libby

For more than 36 years now, the Feathered Pipe Ranch has been a place where people find direction. Throughout my life I have seen it over and over again – People come here for a week-long immersion in yoga and meditation, or simply a week away from their day-to-day life, and they come away transformed.

Potato Pancakes – From the FP Kitchen

Potato pancakes are a staple of many traditional European cuisines especially in Eastern and Northern Europe and are a lunchtime favorite at the Feathered Pipe Ranch. They can be eaten warm, room temperature or chilled with any number of toppings.

Reap the Benefits of Yogic Breathing – Sherri Baptiste

Breath is life… Whether we pay attention to it or not, we are always breathing. While we may be fooled by how simple the breath seems to be, it’s actually a phenomenal resource we can draw on to help our lives.

Vegetarian Borscht – From the FP Kitchen

Beets were initially domesticated along the Mediterranean for their edible leaves and later for their sweet colorful roots. Though borscht may be served hot or cold, and made with a great variety of ingredients, the essential ingredient of borscht is beet.

Baked Leeks with Wild Rice and Mushrooms – From the FP Kitchen

Because wild rice grows in colder conditions, the seed itself requires more energy to germinate resulting in high levels of protein. Wild rice makes a great addition to any number of dishes as it has a sweet nutty flavor and chewy texture, especially with leeks and mushrooms.

Roasted Eggplant with Tomatoes and Feta – From the FP Kitchen

Roasting eggplants creates an especially rich and earthy flavor and they taste great served at any temperature. Roasted eggplants are popular at the Feathered Pipe in both Indian and Middle Eastern style dinners.

Living with Dignity: TCEF Sponsor an Elder Program – Karma Tensum

A TCEF sponsorship that gives them about twelve hundred rupees ($30) a month is then like winning a lottery that provides a reasonable annuity for life. I believe that helping a Tibetan elder through the Sponsor an Elder program is true karmayoga.

Shaved Squash Salad – From the FP Kitchen

Zucchinis and yellow or summer squash are actually both summer squash, a term used to separate these soft immature squash from the hard mature squash we eat called winter squash. Because summer squash are picked immature, they can be easily eaten raw as they are very tender and so delicious in salads.

Watermelon Licuado – From the FP Kitchen

A licuado, from the Spanish term for liquefied, is a fresh fruit beverage made from blended fruit, milk or water and occasionally ice. Though licuados are served throughout Latin America, they are especially popular in Mexico, where they are one of many fruit based beverages.

Orange Sesame Carrot Salad – From the FP Kitchen

Carrots are native to Southwestern Asia, where the greatest diversity of wild carrots are still found, and have been cultivated for thousands of years to increase sweetness and reduce woody bitterness common to wild carrots.

New Day’s Dawning: 2011 Fall Fundraising Campaign

The Feathered Pipe Ranch holds an extremely special place in so many hearts. Everyone at the Ranch continues to embrace and stay focused on the goal of creating the space for people to enrich mind, body, and spirit. But we need your help.

Peach Berry Tart – From the FP Kitchen

Peaches are such a classic summer fruit and so fitting for a summer dessert. At the Feathered Pipe, the berries of the season are added as a lovely compliment to peaches tasting delicious on the shortbread-like crust of this peach berry tart.

Ardha Chandrasana – Marla Apt

Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose) is a great asana for learning how to balance and grow awareness in what can at first seem a disorienting position. The pose can also ease lower-back problems, relieving sacrum pain, sciatica pain, and lumbar aches.

German Potato Salad – From the FP Kitchen

Various potato dishes are served at the Feathered Pipe throughout the season, but potato salad is particularly favored for summer grills and picnics. German potato salad is a great alternative to the traditional American potato salad because it offers a similar style dish with different looks and flavors.

Salamba Sarvangasana – Marla Apt

The benefits of practicing inversions are vast. Salamba Sarvangasana (Supported Shoulderstand) is thought to promote good blood circulation, calm the nerves by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system, decrease depression and anxiety symptoms, ease fatigue, and improve immune function.

Gazpacho – From the FP Kitchen

Gazpacho is a Spanish tomato based raw vegetable soup eaten during the warm part of the year and typically served room temperature or chilled. It is a favorite lunchtime soup at the Feathered Pipe, especially when served on warm summer days.

Malasana – Marla Apt

Unlike sitting in a chair while hunched over a desk, squatting in a pose like Malasana (Garland Pose) can actually improve your posture, stretch your back, elasticize your knees and ankles, and help improve your digestive function.

iRest® Yoga Nidra Certification: Level III – Gemma Adams

What makes iRest different? As someone familiar with the study of mindfulness once said, “iRest is like mindfulness on steroids!” Therapeutically speaking, iRest is different to other mindfulness practices because it proactively addresses specific emotional and cognitive experiences, leading to a dynamic “moving through” process.

Feathered Pipe Memories: How Limitless We Are – Lanita Varshell

How important it is to SEE oneself doing all the things one knows one is meant to do; we need to get our negative, fearful selves out of the way and embrace who we are today, and know, really know, that it is our birthright to be happy, healthy, abundant, loved, and loving.

Rosemary Brown Rice Fritters – From the FP Kitchen

Sweet brown rice is one of my favorite kinds of rice because it has pleasing texture, flavor and color. Sweet and slightly sticky, sweet brown rice is ideal for using in recipes that you want to hold together.

Letting go of the Reins – JJ Gormley & Laura Tyree

Ever feel like you are just beating your head against the wall? There is something that has to happen, and from your clear vision, it’s going to have to happen this way and only this way, or the whole thing’s just going to fall apart? Yeah, me too.

Utthita Trikonasana – Marla Apt

Utthita Trikonasana is one of the first poses yoga students learn. Ideally you feel firmness in your legs, a lengthening of your spine, fullness in your chest, and freedom in your neck and shoulders. Trikonasana also increases the flexibility and strength of your legs and lower joints.

New Day’s Dawning – J.V. Bennett & Melissa McNair

The vision of the Feathered Pipe Foundation has been and will continue to be that we facilitate and encourage people to find their way in the world by providing them with new information, insights, practices and a place where they can safely and freely explore them.

Power Walking with Power Breathing – Sherri Baptiste

Power Walking is all about building strength, staying fit, burning calories, and building confidence and energy. This type of walking has been around for decades, and has recently taken on a new and dynamic interest in the fitness world, because of its quick and steady results.

Coleslaw with Rice Wine Vinaigrette – From the FP Kitchen

All too often coleslaws are drenched with creamy dressings, which can detract from both the flavor of the vegetables and their general appeal. Vinaigrettes make a lovely dressing for coleslaw, as cabbage and vinegar compliment each other and the colors and flavors of the vegetables are still able to shine.

Ascent to the Summit – Patricia Walden

“The blending together of the intelligence of the brain and the intelligence of the heart is yoga. The rays of the sun cannot radiate when it’s covered with clouds. As clouds move away through the practice of yoga, the sun shines. Distractions and anxiety are removed and we see the self.”

iRest® Yoga Nidra Training: Levels I and II – Samantha Kinkaid

We are put in touch with our authentic nature almost immediately in iRest protocol. And it is from this place that we are skillfully guided to learn and teach. It is elegant in its simplicity and sophisticated in its application. It is a whole-person approach to health and well-being.

Syndrome X: Pre-Diabetes – Dr. Jeff Roush

Most people know that diabetes is a condition where blood sugar levels are elevated. Type 1 is typically diagnosed in children and type 2 in adults, although it’s now being found surprisingly often in children. What you might not know is that there’s a third, more insidious condition.

Two Minutes a Day to Real Change – Sherri Baptiste

Meditation connects us with the essence of our being, inviting us to slow down and make our moments vital as they unfold. This process affects the quality of our days and thus our lives. When we meditate, we get in touch with the richest essence of our beings.

Fresh Massaman Curry – From the FP Kitchen

Thai cuisine is a popular dinner served at the Feathered Pipe. Curries are one of the staples of Thai cooking, and though prepared curry pastes are readily available, fresh curry paste is especially delicious.

Nothing but Good News! – India Supera

As many of you know, I came back out of retirement a couple years back to shepherd us through these years of difficulty. The question of how to turn the Foundation over to a new generation of leadership to create a dynamic future still lingered.

“Gone to Feathered Pipe Ranch…” (1983) – Dean Lerner

“Gone to Feathered Pipe Ranch. Back in a week.” was the message on the answering machine of George Purvis, an Iyengar yoga teacher based in Dallas, Texas. That was the first time I had heard of the Ranch.

Love of the Highest Sort: Living with Huntington’s Disease – Jane & Steve

I didn’t quite realize that being on a spiritual path doesn’t protect you from an early demise. Of course since then, I have realized that suffering is just the other side of the coin to joy and that without it, we will not make spiritual progress.

Indian Chapatis – From the FP Kitchen

The Feathered Pipe serves an Indian meal during every retreat, and chapatis are a favorite flatbread accompaniment. Flatbreads, like chapatis are important parts of the meal, as they serve as both the carbohydrate and eating utensil.

Aligning Your Chakras – JJ Gormley-Etchells

The way we’ve habitually patterned our bodies to move over the years has created the energy blockages or openness at particular chakra areas. Until we are able to balance our body and release the old patterns and stuck energy, we may chronically continue facing the same concerns.

“We are Alright, Right Now” – Lanita Varshell

How can we help ourselves and others when the heaviness of life has perhaps gotten to be just a little too much to handle? One thing we can do is to make sure that we keeping healing yoga centers open so that we all have a “safe place,” to not only release tension, but to be with like-minded people wishing to focus on gratitude and appreciation instead of fear.

The First Lady of Yoga: Lilias Folan – Joy Kraft

“If you don’t use it, you lose it,” she says. “As the body ages and birthdays go by, the connective tissue gets firmer, harder. We need to approach it differently, with kindness and awareness.”

Supta Padangusthasana – Marla Apt

Supta Padangusthasana (Reclining Hand-to-Big-Toe Pose) is my go-to pose for lower-back pain. Its actions help create traction in the lower back, which can relieve compression and tension.

The Roads We Travel – Aanika Chopra

How can God give to you with one hand and take it away with another before you have a chance to even feel that it is yours is beyond me! This must be what we call karma!

Minted Pea Soup – From the FP Kitchen

Vegetarian soup is served for most every lunch at the Feathered Pipe because it is a good option for retreat participants. Vegetable purées make a perfect summer soup as they can easily be served at any temperature, as a meal on their own or in addition to other dishes or courses.

GMO…OMG!!! – Laughing Water

Genetic engineering of foods raises all kinds of issues: moral, economic, health, environmental and more. Yet the United States, which is ground zero of genetic engineering, has embraced the technology like a hormone-driven teenager.

Last Chance Passage to India – Fellow Sojourners

My guess is that for most people, what they think they will take away from a trip to India and what they do take away are often different things. That is one of its greatest gifts, I think, and India so effortlessly helped us find the surprises.

Breath of God: The Breathing Practices of Pranayama – Judith Hanson Lasater

The highest form of pranayama is to remain completely aware of and at one with the breath without interjecting ego and thus control into the process. Try this practice whenever you think you do not want to control everything and everyone around you. It is an eye-opening and humbling experience.

Knowing When and How to Say When – Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman

Humorist Carl Ottavi once said, “The popularity of dieting proves that people will go to great lengths to avoid going to great widths.” But despite the myriad of diets and fitness info out there, worldwide obesity is on the rise. In fact, seven out of ten Americans are overweight or obese.

Toasted Corn Salad – From the FP Kitchen

I grew up in a family with a deep love for Mexico, and for as long as I can remember I have been especially fond of Mexican and similarly influenced cuisine as their flavors, color and textures are vivid and delicious.

Rustic Apple Pie – From the FP Kitchen

Apple pies are quintessential Americana cuisine and though delicious throughout the year, they are an especially lovely summer dessert with this Feathered Pipe rustic apple pie recipe, being particularly fresh, easy and delicious.

Discover the Practice of Breathing – JJ Gormley-Etchells

It seems curious that we should have to practice breathing. But many a yogi would argue that developing a breathing practice is one of the healthiest things we can do.

Get “Grounded”!!! – Dr. Ann Louise Gittleman

It’s the strangest thing I ever heard, but could our shoes be killing us? Synthetically-soled shoes, unlike the leather soles of decades ago, insulate the body from the natural healing energies of the earth—which is as basic to health as water, air, and food.

Salabhasana (Locust Pose) – Marla Apt

Some people look at Salabhasana (Locust Pose) and say it resembles a locust at rest, but it’s certainly not a resting pose. Just coming up into Salabhasana requires a great burst of energy, reminiscent of a sprightly locust’s leap off the ground to gracefully throw itself backward.

Warm Red Lentil & Spinach Salad with Goat Cheese – From the FP Kitchen

Lentil salads, such as warm red lentil salad, are the perfect way to continue eating lentils during spring and summer. Warm spiced red lentils with caramelized shallots over sautéed spinach and fresh tomatoes topped with crumbled goat cheese are reminiscent of similar dishes served in Persian cuisine.

Parmesan Orange Pecan Kale – From the FP Kitchen

Greens are a wonderful addition to most any meal, commonly served at the Feathered Pipe, and salads made of dressed dark leafy greens are a perfect side dish to summertime grilled meats and vegetables.

Cucumber Watermelon Slaw – From the FP Kitchen

When making a Thai inspired meal, as I used to at the Feathered Pipe, I frequently make a fresh slaw to add a refreshing raw slightly pickled element side dish or relish. Because summer is just around the corner, fresh cucumber and watermelon slaw seems to be a great dish to jump start fresh fruit and vegetables dishes…

Paripurna Navasana (Full Boat Pose) – Marla Apt

You’ve probably heard that Paripurna Navasana (Full Boat Pose) builds core strength. But in yoga, the “core” refers to more than just abs. B. K. S. Iyengar says that practice leads you on an inward journey from the periphery of your body to the core of your being.

Stability Amidst Chaos – JJ Gormley & Laura Tyree

“Verily, birds are able to fly with their two wings: even so both work and knowledge together lead to the supreme goal of liberation. Not indeed work alone nor indeed knowledge alone can lead to liberation: but, both of them together form the means to liberation.”

-Swami Venkatesananda Vasistha’s Yoga

Live Fully, Live Simply – Laughing Water & India Supera

The economic and environmental conditions of today should all makes us take pause and reassess our current position and direction for the future. The difficulties we are all facing should motivate us all to go deeper and to become more creative and essential within our practice and our being.

The Challenge of Gentle Yoga – Diane Ambrosini

When we look a little deeper, we begin to understand that slowing down, even just a little, can actually allow us to keep going for the long haul. Gentle Yoga gives us the opportunity to not only put Ahimsa (non-violence) into practice, but to grasp the deeper meaning of Santosha – learning to accept and find peace and happiness right where we are!

Spring Vegetable and Rye Berry Salad – From the FP Kitchen

Whole grains mixed with vegetables and herbs make great side salads to keep on hand during the summer, as they can be eaten room temperature or cold and taste delicious with/for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Pratyahara: Sensing the Internal Realm – Kira Ryder

Instead of focusing on the reduction of sensual engagement, I prefer to define the practice of Pratyahara as a turning of the senses inward and allowing these same magical skills of sight, touch, taste, hearing and smell to be employed for connection with the richness within.

Cable Cars to India: The Bay Area’s East-West Transmission – Philip Goldberg

San Francisco has always been America’s hinge to the East… It was largely through the digestive tract of the Bay Area that the great teachings that derive from ancient India have been absorbed, assimilated, and disseminated into the nation’s bloodstream.