Posts by Tasha Friedman

By Tasha Friedman “How do we make love to God? How does the soul make love to God?” Today is the feast day of St.

Beginner’s Mind, Open Heart: Living in Freshness and Simplicity By Tasha Friedman What do you believe that you know right now? And how much are

Be a Whole Human: Integration on the Spiritual Path By Tasha Friedman “A spiritual life is first and foremost a life, and must be lived.”

By Tasha Friedman   Celebrating the Equinox First, a story. Prahlada is a young prince, and his father is a demon: Hiranyakashipu, a king among

By Tasha Friedman   Yom Kippur: Entering the Book of Life G’mar chatimah tovah: May you be inscribed for good in the Book of Life!

By Tasha Friedman   Happy Birthday, Swami Sivananda! “Love, serve, give, purify, meditate, realize.” –Swami Sivananda On this day in 1887, one of the greatest

By Tasha Friedman   Happy Pachamama Day! “Pachamama” is the Quechua name for Mother Earth or Mother Nature, translating literally as “World Mother.” For many

By Tasha Friedman   Before we can say what compassion is, we should understand what it is not. Compassion is not pity, which comes from

By Tasha Friedman   “I say nothing to Him, I love Him.” –St. Therese of Lisieux Prayer is the Heart speaking to itself. It is

By Tasha Friedman At night, all distinctions disappear. Falling asleep to the outside world, you awaken to the life within. Shivaratri (the “night of Shiva”)

By Tasha Friedman Can the mind be your partner in spirituality? Does the path to transcendence only run through denial, or is it possible that

By Tasha Friedman Do you perceive yourself as just one limited thing, a body and mind, floating around in a sea of other limited things?

By Tasha Friedman “All of the world is just a narrow bridge. What’s important is not to be afraid.” –Rabbi Nachman of Breslov Even while

By Tasha Friedman Stop now. Close your eyes. Feel your heart. You are here, you are aware, right now. At this very moment, humanity is

By Tasha Friedman “All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” (St. Francis of Assisi) As the Earth’s northern

By Natasha Friedman Give Them Everything It’s not about you. Sun. Sand. Waves. Vast, open sky. A simple place. Do it for them. When you’re

By Tasha Friedman Few concepts in spirituality are so profoundly simple and dazzlingly complicated at the same time as Karma Yoga.

By Tasha Friedman There’s a special kind of paranoia that the Tibetan Buddhist tradition says you should cultivate: a sneaking suspicion that everyone around you

By Tasha Friedman Snow days aren’t only fun for kids! When the land outside becomes a frosty winter wonderland, we yogis and yoginis can enjoy

By Natasha Friedman What is beauty? What makes something beautiful? Is it nice colors, elegant shapes or symmetry? Or is there something more? What does

By Natasha Friedman It’s the most simple asana in yoga. It doesn’t look like much, you don’t have to do much to get into it,

By Natasha Friedman

 No two people are the same. So, no two yoga practices should be the same either! There are a thousand and one

What Restricted Vegetables Can Show Us about the Yogic Lifestyle By Natasha Friedman There’s nothing as mouth-watering as the smell of garlic and onions simmering

How to Come Out of Retreat By Natasha Friedman Everything is a kaleidoscope of color and sound as we drive down the highway to Mazunte.

By Natasha Friedman Are you and your spiritual practice going through a rough time? Do you feel like you’ve stopped progressing, or you’re even backsliding?

How to Maintain Your Spiritual Practice While Traveling, and Turn Traveling into a Spiritual Practice By Natasha Friedman Travel and spirituality have long gone hand

The Yearning of Spiritual Aspiration A student goes to his teacher in ancient India. He asks, “When will I reach enlightenment?” The teacher leads him