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Reflections for Daily Living

The Mukta Center blog shares weekly insights on mindfulness, psychology, and the art of living in the present moment. You’ll find simple practices to quiet the mind, reflections on freedom and clarity, and fresh perspectives on health, relationships, and purpose—plus previews from upcoming ebooks and workshops. It’s a way to stay connected, inspired, and supported as you bring more awareness into daily life. 

Awareness and The Shadow

Awareness is the space of presence within each of us. Yet it is often described as something separate from our personality, separate from our thoughts. In fact, personality is frequently portrayed as the obstacle — the very thing that blocks access to this clear inner...

Part of the Incredible All

Life is astonishing - enigmatic, mysterious, and profoundly alive. Each day is a living miracle, yet we often move through it absorbed in its demands and routines. Even our bodies reveal this miracle. We are literally composed of stardust, formed from atoms that...

Two Lenses on the Mind

Two Lenses on the Mind: Western Psychology and Yoga Human beings have always tried to understand one central mystery — the mind. Why do we think the way we do? Why do certain patterns repeat throughout our lives? Why can insight sometimes change everything, while at...
We Hear the Call

We Hear the Call

The Mukta Center derives its name from the Sanskrit word Mukta, which means freedom, loosening, and opening. Of these meanings, I resonate most deeply with loosening and opening—they feel so fitting for the human journey. In our lives, we can become locked in to...

Natural Emotion

Natural Emotion

Natural Emotion: The Flow of Awareness Through Feeling We tend to divide emotions into good and bad, wanted and unwanted — as if the movement of life within us must always be managed or improved. Yet in truth, emotion is simply energy in motion — a natural and...