Why Yama Is Evolving
Four years ago, in the middle of an uncertain moment in the world, the three of us opened the doors of Yama.At the time, the idea was simple: to create a place where retreats could happen. A space where people could gather, practice, reconnect and spend meaningful time together.But it was also something completely new […]
The Discipline of Slowness in a Year That Wants to Run
This year carries momentum.You can feel it in conversations. In plans. In the subtle pressure to move forward.The Wood Horse energy encourages expansion.But expansion without pause becomes noise.Slowing down is often misunderstood as laziness.In truth, it is discipline.It takes awareness to pause when everything around you is accelerating.In a fast year, slowness becomes a form […]
When the Light Disappears, Reflections on the Solar Eclipse
There are moments when the sky reminds us that clarity is not constant.A solar eclipse aligned with a New Moon is one of those moments.For a brief time, the light withdraws.The familiar becomes unfamiliar.The visible becomes shadow.Across cultures, eclipses have been seen as thresholds.Not good. Not bad.But powerful. A New Moon already represents beginnings — […]
Running Toward the Light, Entering the Year of the Wood Horse
The quality of time has shifted.Not dramatically. Not loudly.But subtly, like the moment before a horse begins to move.We have entered the Year of the Wood Horse.And with it comes an energy that feels alive, forward, slightly restless. The Horse in the Chinese zodiac is not patient.It is instinctive. Brave. Independent.It runs not because it […]