Rituals and Routines for Transitional Times How do we keep practice alive, fresh, and rich with presence? When done regularly can we maintain an attitude of curiosity, of refined awareness? Ritual, or routine with intent, can lend support to daily and larger life transitions; practice is a part of that. Such rituals don’t have to [...]
Hala Khouri Photo by Sarit Rogers What Does it Mean to Participate in Redefining Self in These Times? There is a collective anxiety that many people are experiencing these days. It’s an anxiety about the state of the world—politics, the environment, lack of safety in public spaces, our relationship to people different [...]
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 [...]
Meditations on Gratitude in the City of Angels When I discovered yoga at age 33, it took no more than three classes for me to instantly become like a heroin junkie, going to class after class after class. And not long after that, I began scheduling my entire life around never missing class. Yoga was [...]
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 [...]
Photo by Brooke Ziegler Connecting to Health through Time Outdoors In many ways, getting out of the studio and into nature during the Covid-19 pandemic have unintentionally deepened our yoga practice, our connections to each other, and our connections to the earth. As a naturopathic doctor, there a number of benefits I see [...]
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 [...]
The Modern Use of CBD Over the past few decades, yoga and the use of cannabidiol (CBD) have become two leading practices in American home physical therapy and health supplementation. While this is a fairly recent phenomenon in Western countries, you might be surprised to know how far back it goes in Central Asia, [...]
Meditation is a Superpower Meditation is part of our survival instincts. Meditation is a kind of superpower that nature installed in our bodies. It lets us recover from stress very quickly by relaxing, resting up, and recharging. The actual practices of meditation are totally simple. They basically involve, noticing that you are alive and being [...]
I teach yoga to both children and adults, and as a mother of two young boys, aged 6 and 9, I always welcome meaningful suggestions for books related to yoga and meditation. These days we need all of the creative resources we can find for education and entertainment! Kids yoga is such an important stress [...]