Flux & Fracture: an Invitation to Deepen
This was first delivered as a keynote address for the 2025 Queer Spectra Arts festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. I’ve memorized by Jalaluddin Rumi’s poem, the Guest House, and recite it often in my yoga classes, meditation sessions, and on retreats. It reminds me to not make an enemy of any part of myself, […]
Birthing Papa: A Yogi’s Path to Parenthood
By Jacoby Ballard This article was originally written for the Birthing Mama Prenatal Yoga Teacher Training in Amherst, MA. Please do not reproduce or share without explicit request. We were in a squat in a class at Kripalu, taught by the Director of its Yoga School. “This posture is great for pregnant people…” I breathed […]
Using the Yamas & Niyamas Toward Real Peace
The Yamas and Niyamas of yoga were created to raise our individual and collective prana.