This article appeared on Uncharted. The German capital, known for being the coolest place to be if you’re trying to look like you’re not trying, is many things to many people. Beloved by a truly diverse bunch of visitors and inhabitants, many weirdos from David Bowie through Nina Hagen to…

(néni/neni [pron. nay-nee] Hungarian, noun: an elderly woman.) If you’ve ever lived in an apartment in a larger city, you have shared a building with a neni problem. Even though it may not be obvious now, it is all but guaranteed that you are familiar with the subject matter. So…

Director of The Yoga Institute in Mumbai and President of the International Board of Yoga shares her story, insights, and advice. — Established in 1918, and located in Mumbai, The Yoga Institute is recognized as the oldest organized yoga center in the world, and currently, has over 1,000 students enrolled.

How my time learning yoga in India taught me that changing your life for the better doesn’t always have to be a struggle. — I was the last person you’d think would become a certified yoga teacher. I don’t actually teach, mind you, but I could. Which is a huge deal, trust me. It’s difficult to describe just how lazy I was. I never took the stairs. I would have taken a golf cart…

Understanding how cultural appropriation relates to the West’s adoption of India’s ancient practices for cultivating mind, body, and spirit. — One of the problems today is that everybody can get information from the internet without actually learning or understanding it. This is in large part responsible for the torrent of misinformation and for the propensity for people to cast judgment without the facts to back it up.