What does my Life center around? How much do I really trust Life, myself, others? How can Yoga evolve and honor its roots? What makes community cohere? Meeting Ti Harmony, my Yoga teacher, raised these questions and more— because he lives his own beautiful answers to them. I call him Hanuman for his devotion in action- and you’ll hear my joy and adoration for reasons that’ll soon become obvious.
The first time I walked into Ti’s class I cried tears of homecoming (and still do), rather than those of anguish as I often have over the years. In his humble wooden studio I’ve found Yoga that honors its roots and contemporary context. The mix of relevance, reverence, humor, humility, and some really good company has helped me polish my practice.
So, I sat down with a cup of tea with him, and we shared our journeys, exploring what it means to serve freely, to give deeply, and do the thing that you can’t not do!
I asked him about everything I admire about how I see him live his Life— going for it and letting Life hold you, cutting away the noise, and really following what matters, how the heart of devotion can anchor a community of practice- simply, consistently, while holding it all lightly...
Tune in to explore with us where Love, humor, focus, discipline, devotion, service and humility meet.
Beloved, this episode feels timely for many reasons...
Outside my town, there is snow, ice and ICE. Still, 19 buddhist monks are walking across the land. As peace, for peace. Like Ti did as a peace pilgrim 40 odd years ago. The crowds coming out to meet and cry with the monks show us we all have the power to make waves- quietly, steadily, lovingly and peacefully.
We are all being called to be stewards of peace, warriors of Love.
But we need tools and safe spaces to grow into it, together…so we can become the refuge we need and share it with others.That’s why, I’m dreaming up HOMECOMING - a sangha of monthly gatherings designed to incubate, inspire and realize your deepest, wildest intentions together- rhythmically- weekly, monthly, seasonally and more.
A walk home together- into the love, freedom, peace and vibrance we want to see, spread and be. Into sensuous, full-bodied, pulsing joy- putting our feet where our hearts are…!While I finalize HOMECOMING details, go catch up on the 2026 intention setting call- and start anchoring what matters to you. We’ll build on it together if you say yes…take a look below- and email me to LMK what you want more of, what would make it irresistibly powerful and fun!
HOMECOMING STRUCTURE/COMPONENTS:
* CONTINUOUS YEAR LONG ENERGETIC MATRIX OF SUPPORTYou will be held day and night in a matrix of Resource designed to support your particular intentions, at your growth edge in your own right way, whether we are meeting together or not.
* MONTHLY CALLS NEAR THE FULL MOON:12 x Monthly 2hr live, private, facilitated gatherings in Resourced ceremonial space, slow enough to be healing.
* Live teaching, group coaching, paired and shared practices. Recordings shared and archived.
* 1x MONTHLY OPEN MEDITATION + Q&A NIGHTExplore the nature of your experience and what meditation is designed for. Sharing her personal practice, Ishita will help you demystify the mechanics and embody the purpose of meditation, using your attention to go in and beyond mindfulness.
* PRIVATE SESSIONS with Ishita to align and clarify your intentions.
* 4 x SEASONAL RETREATS FROM HOME1. MARCH: Vernal Equinox Retreat 2. JUNE: Summer Solstice Retreat3. SEPTEMBER: Autumnal Equinox Retreat4. DECEMBER: Winter Solstice Retreat and fire ceremony
* Rhythms and rituals. Ceremonies, meditations, readings, movies and journal prompts to catalyze the field.
* Group intention tending between moons.
* Option for in person gathering, additional astrological, Human Design, constellations, Transformational Kinesiology consults and more.
* FUN! REAL TRANSFORMATION and did I mention really good company?
Dear One, I want to pour my voice, my heart, my hands, all my cultivation to realize my heart’s longings, to serve what matters most. Don’t you? Of course you do. If not now, when? If not us, who? So, if you listen to Ti and my conversation, consider your own heart’s answers to what you live to serve, are devoted to, can’t help but share, and want to live into. And share it with us. We’d love to hear from you and serve it in both our own ways. Both feet in. Opening to the river of Grace that wants to take us with it. with a deep bow to you, to the beauty and the horror of this time and to all our teachers over all times,Ishita
IF YOU TUNE IN YOU’LL HEAR ABOUT:
* A life built entirely around practice — 00:28:45–00:29:05
* Cultural appropriation isn’t a problem, mind the who and the how — 00:03:01–00:04:44
* From drugs to devotion: seeking the “high” without substances — 00:09:33–00:10:08
* The first meditation: “pure hell” and the worst 20 minutes — 00:11:05–00:12:21
* Discovering yoga as “organized stretching” that healed chronic pain — 00:16:24–00:17:03
* “Don’t teach, share your energy.” — 00:52:55–00:53:21
* The yoga class structure: depth, humor, long arc, mastery, space — 00:19:23–00:23:26
* “There’s no graduation in practice.” — 00:22:10–00:22:18
* A rebellious teenage son of the Divine Mother — 01:05:27–01:05:38
* “Money is not my job. My job is to share what I have.” — 00:37:48–00:38:06
* Two polarities of cultural conditioning around money — 00:38:28–00:41:13
* “I’m extremely interested in what the heck is happening in here, in me.” — 00:30:17–00:30:37
* How consistency and rhythm consecrate community — 00:23:20–00:24:28; 00:47:18–00:47:57
* No agenda, while holding the deepest intention — 00:25:21–00:25:51; 00:59:29–01:00:10
* Singing through the pain together: “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” — 00:48:17–00:49:09
* Is it discipline or something you cannot not do? — 00:29:49–00:30:08; 00:31:15–00:31:39
* The vow: when you reach a ledge, help others up before you climb — 00:56:05–00:56:37
* “I love you. I love you. I love you.” — Ti reads his “I Love You” writing — 01:09:05–01:17:11
* You can join us for a yoga class online sometime.
Love expands when shared. Share this inspiration with one person you love-
* LINKS: Ti’s Loving Kindness Yoga Studio (online and in person)Peace PilgrimMore about HOMECOMING w/ Ishita- www.cometocenter.com/events
* ABOUT TI HARMONYTi has been practicing yoga and meditation for 3-4 hours per day since 1990. He has been teaching yoga since 1993. Ti is a disciple of Amma, and gives her credit for taking him deeper on the path of yoga than he had ever dreamed. He runs Chapel Hill/Carrboro’s first and longest running weekly kirtan, and only donation yoga studio. He likes to keep a sense of humor and to connect with students. He views the body as a door IN and physical yoga as intended to increase energy flow and to calm the mind. Ti likes to work “hard” and deeply and strives to be rigorously attentive, peaceful, honest, energized, loving and thankful. In his “spare” time Ti homeschools, plays disc golf and takes walks in the woods with his dogs while repeating his mantra with his footsteps.
* ISHITA SHARMAIshita Sharma helps leaders, visionaries and everyday heroes get where they want to be, while enjoying who and where they already are! She is the Founder of Come to Center, facilitating embodied presence and deep transformation in individuals and groups across the world. Through coaching, facilitation and teaching, she helps people like you restore ease in their bodies, stillness in their minds and joy in their relationships so they can live into the fire of their calling, and embody the magnificence of their true nature.
Come to Center is our invitation home- to Who You Are, Why you came, and How to live into the fire of your heart’s calling- together. Join us!
Ti’s I Love You blog:”I love you.
If I am currently unable to truly love you, I am willing to love you. I am willing to learn to love you. I am willing to consider the possibility that I could one day love you. I am here, and I am willing to learn to see you, to acknowledge your existence at the very least, and from there move to a more and more full embrace of who and what you truly are. I am patient with you.I love you. I see you clearly, untainted by my likes and dislikes. You are in my heart and I hold you there in all tenderness. I feel the energy of Life flowing from my Heart to you. I hold you in the highest and only positive regard and want only what is best for you, me and all beings. I apologize for any way that I may have hurt you in the past, whether knowingly or unknowingly, and I’m willing to learn what I need to do to keep you safe now and in the future. I am willing to be in the discomfort or pain that my previous lack of love and care for you has brought to us without shaming myself or you…”
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