This one is to focus your eyes.

Nice if you’re studying a bunch (hi, students!).

Relaxing if your eyes are tired.

This is a grounding, breathing exercise

because you need to calm tf down.

Try this one before your day begins.

Lay on your back, with your legs up the wall, if that’s comfortable for you.

This is a grounding, breathing exercise

because you need to calm tf down.

Try this one before your day begins.

Ever take a trip into the future?

Ever lose a night’s sleep wondering what’s going to happen?

Ever flip out over all the terrifying, terrible things that might happen?

Ever get so excited about something that’s going to happen that the reality of it is a letdown?

I’ve got some news for you, friend:

The future is none of your business.

The infinitude of the present moment is your business.

Here’s how to manage future-tripping thoughts:

It used to be that, to practice yoga, you needed to be celibate.

That means no sexual experiences of any kind, including self-pleasure.

The idea is, sexuality is purely a form of humanity. To transcend sexuality, and therefore your humanity, is to attain enlightenment.

That’s not always relevant in this day and age. Not all of us can be celibate; humanity would cease to exist.

Nowadays, it’s interpreted a bit more loosely.

So what does it mean to practice sexual purity?

Take a listen:

The Yoga Sutras insist upon sexual purity, but its meaning has changed over the millennia.

It used to be that, to practice yoga, you needed to be celibate.

That means no sexual experiences of any kind, including self-pleasure.

The idea is, sexuality is purely a form of humanity. To transcend sexuality, and therefore your humanity, is to attain enlightenment.

That’s not always relevant in this day and age. Not all of us can be celibate; humanity would cease to exist.

Nowadays, it’s interpreted a bit more loosely.

So what does it mean to practice sexual purity?

Take a listen:

This is a simple breathing meditation.

Breathe in for 5.

Hold for 6.

Exhale for 7.

Focus.

These are long seconds.

Nothing fancy.

You’ve just gotta sit there and breathe.

Let’s do it.

This is a simple breathing meditation.

Just a few minutes to bring some sweet energy into your day.

Nothing fancy.

You’ve just gotta sit there and breathe.

Let’s do it.

You'll want to be laying down for this one. 

Are you having a difficult time letting go of something, or someone, from your past?

This will help.

This is an energetic cord cutting for releasing your attachment to something that isn't serving you.

It's nice to do all year round, but it's significant to do on new years of all cultures and full moons.

Y’all, Taylor Lancaster is one of my best friends and Buddhist and vegan mentors.

Find him on insta @tenderliving

He was awarded the congressional Medal of Honor for his protest against GMOs, traveled on his bike for 2 years, and just finished the PCT.

He was also molested as a kid, raped, and beaten up for his queerness.

He lives life on his own terms, which is why he inspires me.

We chat in Maui about his sobriety, how that affects his queerness and his internalized homophobia, and whether any of this is real.