Suan Sati Blog

When I first started attending yoga classes at my local studio, I would always say, “I’m going to a yoga class.” Like many people,…

Recently, a guest asked me a simple question during the two minutes we had together at an Authentic Relating workshop. “What’s your biggest achievement…

Decoding Devotion An argument for the path of the heart.   What is your relationship with devotion? Perhaps for some of us, it feels…

Each week when guests arrive, I share with them that Suan Sati means the Garden of Mindfulness. I chose this name from about a…

Surrender feels like a negative word. It feels synonymous with giving up; with weakness. In my last blog, I wrote about perseverance, or not…

I have the tendency to be either all-in or all-out on things with no in-between. Either I care deeply and I’ll do anything for…

I got into meditation because I thought I was going to jail. I figured that if I were to end up in jail, I…

Acceptance is theoretically an easy concept, and yet practically it’s one of the most complex psychological phenomena in our lives. Whatever happens, whatever is,…

Winter is the season of stillness, introspection, and restoration. I’m aware that for many of us, it sure isn’t feeling that way currently amidst…