This December, I am pondering what it means to “give and receive.” In yoga, I experience this giving and receiving all the time. Yoga encourages people to experience the prana/life that comes in with each breath and, as you exhale, to let go of what you don’t need. Or, alternatively, to give blessings to others.
Here is one version of the season: Tis the season to buy stuff during Black Friday and Cyber Monday (thank goodness that’s over!), the season to go to parties and eat and drink too much, the season to then worry about how much you ate and drank and feel bad about it, the season to