The Feathered Pipe has been blessed to host many of the foremost teachers, guides and wisdom holders within the realm of yoga, meditation, spirituality, health and wellness during our four-plus decades of existence. The Feathered Pipe Blog offers you the opportunity to explore more deeply their thoughts and insights for opening to experience a more healthful and fulfilling life.
While we await spring at the Ranch when we can open up for our in-person programs, the Feathered Pipe Foundation works throughout the year to build and serve a broad community by providing quality and accessible-to-all information online and by keeping connected with you. Read More
Rather than falling prey to self-judgment and trying to set unreasonable expectations of yourself that may set you up for failure, consider some simple and achievable changes you can make to improve your life and health for the long term. Read More
As nerve cells break down, waste products can collect in the brain tissue, leading to new and unwanted growths called plaques and tangles. You can mitigate some of these changes through practices that foster brain health, including exercise, sleeping well, and continued learning. Read More
The changing of the years brings a period of reflection for me. It can be bittersweet, but also can be a source of inspiration for what’s next. There is the lingering sadness of losses, the semisweet feeling of change and awareness about the passage of time, and there are the wonderful things to savor and carry forward. Read More
The question of what yoga is, and who has a right to claim any authority over it, has always been a heated debate among earnest yogis. But one thing is for sure, if our definition of yoga is contingent on another person, especially someone who is revealed to be something other than what we predicated our understanding on, our sense of yoga will easily become confused or destroyed. Read More
Energy Medicine Yoga founder Lauren Walker shares her experience of meeting Energy Medicine master Donna Eden, the life circumstance that brought her to create EMYoga, and the miracle of healing deep-seeded trauma. Read More
We are nearly half way to our end-of-year fundraising goal thanks to the many generous donations we’ve already received! It’s not too late to donate. Can you help us meet our goal? Read More
You are not the body in the sense that “you” existed before the body and you will exist after the body. Your being-ness is not dependent on the body. Its being-ness is dependent on yours, however. When you move on, it loses its energy and fades away. Read More
In the practice of Iyengar yoga, the therapeutic and meditative benefits are derived through a progressive system involving the sequencing of the asanas (poses) and pranayama (yogic practice involving breath control), attention to the alignment and technique of the practices and the timing in the practices. Read More
Please join us for our annual online LOVEfest and FUNdraiser via Zoom on Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 9am PT/12 noon ET. Enjoy entertainment provided by our Feathered Pipe Family, watch the slideshow of the best of 2022 Ranch photos*, and get the chance to bring our positive energy together virtually. The event is FREE with no obligation to donate. Read More
Typically, what I call the “holiday season,” the time between Thanksgiving and Christmas, is the hardest time of the year for me. It’s historically been the season of getting together with dysfunctional family members that I would ordinarily never choose to spend time with, and being around all the chaos that comes with that. Read More
It turns out the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) that connects brain to body is a two-way street. If I am anxious and nervous or stressed out by events in my life or simply the thoughts about those events, my brain, via the nerves of the ANS, will likely turn on the Sympathetic part of that system. But the cool thing... Read More