The tree signifies the steady spiritual posture that we must hold in life. Its strong trunk signifies upward movement and growth. As the tree continually grows towards the light, it stays rooted in the life-giving foundation of the earth.

The Village Voice:

What is Yoga Culture in America?

Send me your definitions, examples, questions, and your anecdotes of yoga culture, please and thank you!

My deepest impulses are optimistic; an attitude that seems to me as spiritually necessary and proper as it is intellectually suspect. ~ Ellen Willis (not Snooki, fyi)