Elizabeth Elson

What do The Lone Ranger theme, a French CEO, and the Gītā have in common? A counterintuitive path to peak performance: stop clinging to outcomes. Meet the four levels of karma-yoga that rewire motivation—without killing your drive.

Kids with cupcakes. Costumes and clever signs. Is protest un-yogic—or exactly what dharma asks for when power forgets its duty? Yoga wisdom texts point to a surprising answer.

Inflatable frog suits, divine love, and a moral Venn diagram. Yes, really. Here’s where yoga says the overlap gets powerful.

Everyone’s talking. Yoga asks a better question: what kind of talk is this? Meet vāda, jalpa, and vitaṇḍā—and a simple check that can transform every conversation.

The Yoga Sutra says practice “well-grounded over a long time” changes us. What if non-cooperation starts inside—refusing illusion—before it shows up in public life? Here’s how a yogic long game works.

Step into a cave so quiet the world disappears. A candle’s steady flame taught me more about samadhi than any hot take. Here’s why a few minutes of stillness can help you meet a chaotic world with clarity.

What if detachment isn’t indifference but disciplined compassion? In a week of hot takes and hard truths, I turned to the Bhagavad Gita for a steadier view.

At 8 pm, our block erupts—lids, whistles, and car horns. It isn’t chaos; it’s a centuries-old tactic with a surprisingly hopeful purpose. Here’s why I’m joining DC’s nightly cacerolazo—and what the Bhagavad Gita has to do with it.

Another “emergency” sweeps D.C.—not crime, but a theater of power. Yoga philosophy names what’s happening: karma without dharma, executive power in unqualified hands. Drawing on the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam’s portraits of rulers, this piece contrasts fear-mongering with the marks of true leadership and lands on yoga’s first principle—truthfulness—as the daily practice that pushes back. If you’ve wondered how to respond when facts are bent and language is weaponized, here’s a clear, tradition-rooted way to live—and speak—your practice.

“Is this seat saved?” “No—but we’re praying for it.” A light moment at a religious-freedom summit opens into a serious point: why yoga philosophy supports pluralism and genuine religious freedom, not coercive “religious liberty.” Drawing on Vedic ideas of dharma and the state’s duty to protect everyone, this piece points to justice that’s merciful, equitable, and free of duplicity. If you’ve wondered how to speak about faith, ethics, and policy without sectarian spin, you’ll leave with language that lands.