Winter is the season of Kapha, the dosha that ayurveda (yoga’s sister science) describes as cold, wet, and heavy—like a blanket of new-fallen snow. Kapha is made of the water and earth elements, and it provides us with physical structure—the body’s tissues and fluids....
Thich Nhat Hanh is an expatriate Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk, teacher, author, and peace activist revered around the world for his pioneering teachings on mindfulness, global ethics and peace. In the 1960s, he advocated for peace during the Vietnam war, created...