So. I actually considered not writing an entry for this month, and I thought that would be very Pratyahara of me to post... nothing. 😂 I wondered if anyone would actually get it! But anyway. My OC-ness would have bothered me, so here we are. October's theme at Treehouse is Pratyahara, the fifth of the eight limbs of yoga. If we were to stick with how it has been hisorically translated in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, it means "withdrawal of the senses," although I think that

If you've been here a while, you probably already know that the new Treehouse Yoga Studio is almost done. I've been watching it take shape slowly, participating actively in its creation, just as how I did when I designed the current studio now. The floors, walls, windows, fixtures, and all the little decisions that require, I don't know, ten, twelve, twenty other decisions after them. There's still a lot of work to do, but it has reached the point where one can already walk i

As we move through our Year of Skillful Living, August brings us into intimate conversation with Satya. Building upon our recent practice of Santosha—learning to find contentment with what is—truthfulness asks us to take the next step: to see reality clearly, speak it courageously, and hold space for complexity. But let me go deeper and beyond by-the-book yoga philosophy in this post. Personally, I think Satya should come next to Ahimsa (sorry, Patanjali, but hear me out), be