Musical notation includes a special symbol for silence. Variations on the shape indicate how long the rest lasts. In other words, silence is part of music. It is part of life. Every breath has a pause in it. After every inhalation, there is a brief pause. Then your breath moves again. At the end ...

Today we celebrate the 12th International Day of Yoga. Yoga is all about freedom, but not the type of freedom honored by our recent holiday of Juneteenth. Not economic freedom, not educational freedom, not social equity, as important as it is. Yoga is not about political freedom. It is about spir...