Sampurna

Chaturmas means "four months." During this sacred period, Lord Vishnu is said to enter yogic sleep. Symbolically, the qualities of Shiva come to the forefront, inviting us into a season of viyoga: resting, releasing, and letting go. What does it mean that Lord Vishnu enters yogic sleep? Vishnu represents preservation, the intelligence that sustains life. As nature begins to quiet, that sustaining energy rests, inviting us to conserve our own. In that stillness, the qualities of Shiva...

Something in us longs for more. Not necessarily more achievement, more possessions, or more things to accomplish. It is a quieter longing. A longing for more presence, more peace, more clarity, and a deeper connection with ourselves. Often, we do not recognize this longing at first. It appears as a subtle feeling that something within us is ready to shift. A desire arises to understand ourselves more deeply. A sense that the way we have been living no longer fully reflects who we are...

To be on this earth is to be in connection. We are held here by gravity, shaped by air, water, fire, and space. We are connected to people we love, to places we move through, to everything we meet in life. Nothing stands apart. Everything exists in relationship. And within that connection, each of us carries our own unique story, like a mandala: a vast, limitless circle. We stand at the center of our own, while also meeting, moving through, and touching countless other circles around us. In...