Winter Solstice: A Time of Reflection and Renewal Winter Solstice has long been a magical time of year. As the light of the Sun begins a new solar cycle, the Earth’s Aura is revived in mystical ways, awakening a presence of Spirit. During the longest and darkest nights of the year, we can honor this time by allowing ourselves [...]
Your Heart: A Source of Healing in the World The heart is an instrument--the most powerful instrument there is. And like any other instrument, we need to learn how to use it in order to access our ability to be an agent of help and healing in the world. To live from the heart is [...]
Journey to Rishikesh: Bridges, the Ganga, and Ashrams Rishikesh is laid out on two sides of the Ganges (correctly, Ganga) River, a bustling downtown on the western side and a quieter area on the eastern side. The southeastern quarter centers itself near Ram Jhula, a swinging footbridge named after Lord Rama, the divine hero of [...]
What does it mean to leave the past behind? The past is such an interesting concept to talk about. Is the past really in the past? So many of us think that the past is behind us; it is simply a memory. We must begin to understand that the past is alive, it lives inside [...]
Intro: Remembering 911 I grew up in suburban New Jersey on the commuter line into New York City. I worked my way through school as a junior account executive for a brokerage firm on Wall Street during the dot com boom of the late '90s and early '00s. Back then, the streets of lower Manhattan seemed to [...]
How We Can Show our True Nature and Find our Inner Shine A few months ago, I interviewed Krishna Das for my Feel Good podcast, and I was struck by a story he hold me about attending the Maha Kumbha Mela in India in 1989. It was one of those stories that sticks around, that [...]
Empower Yourself with Crystals Every day someone is newly discovering how stones and crystals are powerful tools in their lives. While people get “into” stones and crystals, what they usually mean is that they buy them, they have them, and yet never actually do anything with them. And after a while, they can’t even tell [...]
Synchronicity, Spirituality, and Safety at Rythmia The quest for the infinite is one of the things we seek as a modern-day spiritual person. Our quest for answers can generate within us, a perpetual inner compass. On my personal quest, I found that the direction of my compass led me to Costa Rica, to the Spiritual [...]
Transformation in the Embrace of our Bravery We are absolutely certain of very few things in life: that we are born into a body, that this body will die, and that in between we undergo near constant transformation in body, mind, and heart. While we are rarely afraid of our own birth, our perception of [...]
In the era of social distancing, there are so few ways to consciously gather as a community and experience collective healing. In recognizing this widespread need for holistic restoration, Modern OM has emerged as a shining guide for mindfulness seekers everywhere. With a conscious curation of spiritual teachers across the world, Modern OM has launched [...]