I’ve arrived in Montana, it’s almost January, and last night we experienced lightning ushering in a snowstorm…as if we needed further proof of the magic around Feathered Pipe land!
Walking on ice-packed sidewalks reminds me of one of my favorite metaphors to use when teaching. When I find myself looking for the best (safest) place to [...]
The FPF has led many trips to India and but our days with Swami Veda were among the best. It was a traditional ashram in the best sense. I felt like I was back in school going from class to class with my notebook in hand absorbing the nectar of this wonderful place. [...]
“If you want something, nothing is impossible.”
Man on Wire
Sublime, superb film. Every frame a beautifully composed shot. The editing flows, and the entire structure of the film has extraordinary spirit. I was needing a little pick me up, and reminder of looking at the big picture. Needing to remember the passion that drives our soul. Thank [...]
I’ve heard it. If you’ve ever been to the Feathered Pipe Ranch, you’ve heard it, and likely said it, too.
“This feels like Home.”
If you’ve known the Feathered Pipe Ranch for any time at all, you also know it is place where magic not only happens, it is born.
Last July, while luxuriating in the grounded glow [...]
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Interview with Karma Tensum, Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation
The Feathered Pipe Foundation has long supported the work of Mr. Karma Tensum the Executive Director of the Tibetan Children’s Education Foundation. We accept donations, assist with fundraisers, host guests and participate in other ways with the work of TCEF in housing and supporting the education of the children of Tibetan Refugees in exile [...]
I’ve rarely heard a student leave a yoga class not having enjoyed it on some level, at least. Sometimes with more of the obvious “Ah” effect, sometimes less. What sets apart a “that felt good” yoga class from the truly sustaining?
One answer came to me on my drive home up 101 yesterday evening. As I [...]
One of My Favorite Things about yoga is how there is always a discovery, available around just about any waiting corner. Last night was one such for me. The geographic corner I went around was San Pablo Bay, to Larkspur Landing in Marin County. The yoga corner of discovery was my personal introduction to one [...]
I just had the honor to give a talk to a class in the Gender and Women’s Studies department at Sonoma State University. One of my yoga students is the lecturer for the class and had asked me to share my take on how yoga lends to empowerment. My topic was A FORCE OF NATURE: REVEALING [...]
As a yoga teacher, I have often been asked, “What is yoga?” It is a delightfully simple, and complex, question, one that I have answered in as many ways as the number of people who have made that discovery-bound inquiry. As a teacher, it is a greater fulfillment when I can demonstrate rather than tell [...]
Dear India (Life Journey)Travelers,
WOW! I’ve wanted to write all week, but also just as you are re-assessing what it is to be home, so am I. It is hard to try to explain the nature of India, everyone is asking and I’m gearing up for the big group classes next week answering their questions. [...]