We're always planning ahead to make sure we can do the best we can to spread ease, softness, and Strala around the world.

They say, “Time flies when you’re having fun.” Even cooler, we can practice: “Time flows when you practice softness.”

I’m packing up for Strala Trainings and some Living Softly workshops in Amsterdam and Metzingen over the next few weeks, and as usual, I’m packing as minimally as possible so I can fit in as many presents for our community as possible.

If you’re an over-helper, or maybe a recovering over-helper, this is for you.

We’ve all been conditioned to ask the same question about the game: Did you win? But maybe that’s the wrong question. Life isn’t about winning or losing.

Soft parenting isn’t about being softer on our kids. It’s about becoming less rigid in ourselves. It’s probably best if we don’t have another parenting label or trend, but we learn from the past and our own selves and always aim to be better.

When I started leading yoga in the early 2000s, playing music in class, other than classical Indian music or the acceptable modern version, Krishna Das, who I adore, was not a thing.

The Soft Life, a feeling we might think we want to have, a life that’s idyllic, with a lack of tension and stress, and full of feminine whimsy.

Living Softly, actively dropping the widely held misconception: the belief that accomplishing our goals requires ongoing stress and struggle.

Softness isn’t an alternative, a break, or a cute choice to chill before returning to getting things done. Softness is the most effective way to accomplish more. It’s a fact, a universal truth, wisdom.

We can grow, repair what we have, and encourage the good that's already here without believing everything needs to be destroyed before something beautiful can happen.

What if making good connections with others not only starts with, but is mostly about, making a good connection with yourself? Your connection radiates out and invites others in.

The problem isn’t connection. It’s the forceful way we’ve been taught to connect.