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  A number of years ago, I went to an ashram in the Catskills of New York to escape Manhattan and the hustle and bustle of my long residency days. At an evening kirtan, a teacher talked about the term mudita. From the Buddhist philosophy, mudita is often narrowly translated as “sympathetic” or “altruistic” joy.Read more

  I had just given birth to my first child and the fluid way motherhood entered my life felt beautiful. While I had questions, I let the answers come to me, especially since we were too busy enjoying every little coo and sweet gesture our little girl had in store for us. But then myRead more

The poet Mary Oliver once wrote, “So this is how you swim inward. So this is how you flow outwards.” It’s like saying, the more in you go, the more you flow.  It is equally important to slow down as you go outwards, take in all that surrounds us, and enjoy the beauty and wonderRead more