How Alice in Wonderlands can teach us about the Yoga Sutras After a long conversation with my beloved brother in Chile who loves watching movies, I noticed some inspiring connections between The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the movie Alice in Wonderland. In the teachings of yoga, there's a popular aphorism that says YOGAS CHITTA VRITTI NIRODAHA which roughly translates as: "yoga is the restraint of the mind's fluctuations" or "Yoga is mastering the mind’s habit to roam”or the meaning stated...

It is enough to look around and pay attention to nature’s subtle yet clear messages all around us. There is no goal too high when we dare to try. I love spring. There is so much to be present with, amazed by, and truly enchanted with. The scents in the air invite us to breathe a little deeper. The colours and vibrancy of fresh new flowers call us to be right where we are — awake to the present moment, admiring the many earthly yet heavenly gifts before us. The warm days encourage us to spend...

What Mirror Neurons Reveal About Connection "In the hall of mirrors, you are everywhere. Which is the real you? Find your original Self, the one who perceives all the reflections and is amused by them. Then, you will recognise your path and walk it, no longer stumbling upon your many false selves." Alberto Villoldo This past weekend, during our penultimate YTTC module, the trainees had been teaching classes as well as participating in everyone else’s sessions, so I guided a meditation and...