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.

A little love note for those feeling somewhere between lost and found

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