SARAH PLATT-FINGER

Embracing Contradictions

“The world is a contradiction; the universe is a paradox.” - Kedar Joshi In our stillness there are waves of potential. In our vulnerability there is strength. We can be peaceful warriors, hopeful skeptics, and spiritual beings in a material world. Our contradictions are what make us human, not our perfectionism. When we learn to…

“Compassion and tolerance are not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength.” - Dalai Lama We often think of virtues like love and compassion to be qualities of softness and receptivity but there is a fierceness we need to abide in them fully. To anchor ourselves in the space of our hearts is…

Dear Friends, "You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” - Rumi Just because our hearts break does not mean they are meant to close down. The breaking is what cracks us open. Loving is not always easy. It requires a capacity to feel a whole range of feelings and not shut down as…

Dear friends, In this time of unpredictability, confusion, and grief, let’s remember what we do have mastery over: our inner realm. Within you is a space that is untethered, impenetrable, unshakeable, and unbounded. Just like a hole deep within the earth, there is space inside you that can only be found when you dig deep.…

“The wound is the place where the light enters you” Rumi One of the things that inspires me most about yoga postures are that they are a powerful metaphor for life. Some poses elicit feelings of joy, comfort, and ease while others can bring up frustration, fear, and anxiety. The poses themselves are neutral but…

“Practice becomes firmly grounded when well attended to for a long time, without break, and with devotion.” Sutra 1:14 When things get challenging, our practice is often the first to go. It’s in these experiences, that shake the ground beneath us, that actually call for us to step on our mats. This is when we…

“It is when we are in transition that we are most completely alive.” -William Bridges Fall is such a powerful reminder of transience of all things. For those of us who thrive in the warmth and light of summer there is a twinge of heartache comes with the arrival of shorter days and cooler weather.…

Why Being Spiritual Does not Mean Being Perfect

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.” -Friedrich Nietzsche Yoga is a path of self-reflection and self-exploration, not self-perfection. I’ve thought a lot about the discipline that comes with living a life based on spiritual principles, and how easy it is to fall into the trap of perfectionism. We might…

We all know how sound can alter our consciousness. Think of how you feel when you hear a melody of birds chirping versus a loud siren passing by. Or, the sound of waves in the ocean versus a baby screeching. Sound carries vibration and it affects the space that we are in by emitting soundwaves into the…

Happy Spring, friends! Welcome to my first ever newsletter. I know – what took me so long? I’ve realized more and more over the past year that everything in life is about timing. If we want something to happen we can have all the information, all the talent, all the environmental factors in place but if…

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