I have always loved the way the word fifty looks written down. And I have been waiting since that SNL skit came out to do my full Sally O'Malley impersonation— high kick and all. Thanks to yoga, I am still flexible enough to pull it off. I've been practicing. Before the Threshold · The Kali Sadhana Before Lakshmi, there was Kali. I had been deep in Her Sadhana— raw, primal, uncompromising. I painted my room dark blue, the color of the void, the infinite. As a rock and roller

There is a road I drive often — Highway 49, winding through the Sierra Nevada foothills, gold and green depending on the season. I have had some of the most ordinary and extraordinary moments of my life on that road. It keeps giving me things to think about. About a year ago, I was driving the 49 in the middle of a storm. Rain sheeting down, visibility low — and there on the shoulder I saw a woman picking flowers. Who picks flowers on the highway in a rainstorm? I thought, g

There's a thin veil between what we can see and what we can sense—between the life we're living and the love that never leaves us. Sometimes, when we're grieving or searching or simply open enough to notice, the universe finds a way to whisper back. We've just emerged from Scorpio season—that intense, transformative time when the veil between worlds grows thinnest, when we're invited to dive deep into shadow, death, rebirth, and the mysteries that lie beyond ordinary percepti

The Ramayana Within: How an Ancient Epic Reveals Your Soul's Journey A Diwali reflection on the timeless story happening inside you right now What if I told you that a story from thousands of years ago is actually happening right now—inside you? Every year during Diwali, millions of people light lamps to celebrate the return of Lord Rama to his kingdom after defeating the demon king Ravana and rescuing his beloved Sita. We call it the victory of light over darkness, good over