Ayurveda is the branch of the Vedas that studies everything related to the balance of the human body and is known as the science of life. A very interesting aspect of Ayurveda is that when a person presents with an illness—such as the flu—the focus is not solely on treating the flu itself, but on understanding why it is manifesting. Practitioners seek the root of the underlying imbalance and work from that point. That is why two people with the same symptoms may receive compl

One of my favorite series is Freaks and Geeks. It wasn't very popular at the time and only ran for one season, but over time it became a cult classic. It also launched the careers of actors such as Seth Rogen, Jason Segel, and James Franco. It is a comedy-drama set in a Michigan high school in 1980. It follows two siblings, Lindsay and Sam Weir, and portrays the awkwardness of growing up with great honesty and humor—the desire to belong, falling in love, disappointing your pa

In many spiritual practices, the body is somewhat sidelined, viewed as a potential limitation in the quest for liberation. Yet, in reality, the body is the sacred and precious vessel that holds our consciousness, and it must be treated as such. We often go to great lengths to care for temples, treating them as sacred sites and transforming them into spaces of absolute devotion. Yet, we frequently forget that our body is also our temple. It is through the body that we experie

“15 years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world. Now the real world is an escape from the internet.” — Noah Smith We live in a world where we are constantly overstimulated. We struggle to watch a movie without checking our phones, to wait at a traffic light without pulling them out, or simply to sit still without looking for something to entertain us. We have a strong aversion to boredom—or simply to just *being*. The moment we have nothing to do, we look for a

"Do less, accomplish more. Do nothing, accomplish everything." — Thom Knoles In meditation, one of the first instructions we receive is that the less effort we exert, the better we meditate. At first, this might seem strange or even counterintuitive compared to what we often imagine meditation to be. It can seem odd to think that the mantra we’ve just received works best not when we focus intently on it, but rather when we think it naturally. To know I am on the right path in