Why Retreat Microdosing

If you’re looking forward to the possibility of joining me for one of my retreats in the future, I want to take a couple of minutes to explain an important dimension of my gatherings.

Why a “Yoga Body” is not enough

If you pay any attention to social media – such as Instagram or TikTok, you can see countless displays of beautiful bodies bending, flexing and flowing on a yoga mat. However this “yoga” in the Western world is vastly different than the yoga that emerged as an experiential science out of India thousands of years … Read more

Alarming facts of Psychedelic hang-overs

I’ve never heard it referred to as a “psychedelic hangover” …that’s my term. But that’s how I describe what many of my clients and students have been talking to me about since I began teaching Emotional Liberation nearly 10 years ago.  What’s been expressed in the intake interviews I do with them goes something like … Read more

Kundalini rising from the “Harvey Weinstein of Yoga”

I have an abiding interest in this. As you may know, an important aspect of my work pulls from kundalini yoga – along with a potent blend of ancient Hindu traditions, microdosing of plant medicines and brain science – all focused on relieving emotional distress and trauma. Because a component of my work is rooted … Read more

No cannabis for Vets: a crying shame

Currently a U.S. military vet who is in chronic pain, or is emotionally broken (often with post-traumatic stress disorder), or is dealing with other serious medical issues, is not allowed through the Veterans Health Administration to have access to medical cannabis. 

Ego death: the pain and beauty

Every day I slip a “vest” harness on my little dog, Sawyer. He looks forward to it because it means he’s going for his walk – and like most dogs, he loves his walks! But early on, as an abused rescue who was kept in a cage, Sawyer didn’t have the slightest idea of what I was doing.

Scared of a tough conversation?

Elaine needed to talk to her partner about a touchy issue that kept coming up in their relationship. She was scared to have the conversation. In the past, she’d just shut-up and suck it up – or be very wishy-washy in how she conveyed the information.

Is “Mental Health” a dirty word?

I was in a committed relationship a number of years back where my then-partner and I decided to get some couples counseling. My partner was in business and scared to death that somebody would find out that we were seeing a therapist.

Yogi Bhajan: Toxic, Brilliant, Broken

Yogi Bhajan. I never knew the man, although I did marvel at the brilliant stuff he came up with. He died in 2004 but built a franchise from the ground up called Kundalini Yoga. He was from India and came to America in the midst of the hippie revolution.