Automatic Writing (AKA Automatism, Psychography, Planchette) I first learned of automatic writing, or automatism, when studying the Surrealists in high school. Described as a direct way to tap into the subconscious, the artists used their non-dominant hand to write out messages, quickly and without thinking, to connect with ideas that the conscious mind might normally block. I’ve since read of many artists, psychologist, and occultist who use automatic writing to bypa

A few months ago, I was teaching a one-on-one class online today to a student newish to yoga. On this day, when I asked her how things were going, she replied “I’m just walking towards the darkness at the end of the tunnel.” This student began taking yoga classes in January of 2020, in her mid forties, as a New Years Resolution. She told herself she would take four classes and then be able to check it off her "list of suggested stress lowering activities." She purchased an ex