11/12/2025
I am so honored to host Karen Harris on Heartmind Podcast.
We talk about some very real aspects of self and society, especially when we hear the call to spiritually mature!
Karen Harris was the minister at HUUF, my spiritual community. She holds a Master of Divinity from Harvard and received this while being a single mother!
She's a grandmother, community leader and, in my opinion, an elder living in spiritual maturity.
If you want to know yoga—
Krishnamacharya said,
Don’t look for fancy postures.
Don’t listen to complicated philosophy.
He said,
“If you want to know yoga,
watch a mother breastfeed her child.”
That’s it.
Complete presence.
Complete care.
Unconditional love, with no ego and no holding back.
That moment between mother and child?
That’s the heart of yoga.
That’s the essence of spiritual maturity.
The old Buddhist texts say the same:
If you want to see true spiritual maturity—
look to the mother who nourishes and puts another before herself.
The mother has to create boundaries
in order to nourish herself
but knows how to selflessly give
when the greater good needs it most!
