by Kamala Itzel Hayward
On the spring equinox, day and night become nearly equal for a brief moment—light and darkness meeting in balance—before the season turns and the Earth begins, unmistakably, to lean toward more light (for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere).
The equinox isn’t only a seasonal milestone. It’s also a teaching. It reminds us that balance is not a static achievement. It’s a temporary moment that arrives through a steady practice of re-centering.
These days, many of us are yearning for re-centering. We’re living inside a stark contrast: the season turning toward life-giving emergence, while we witness our communities experiencing upheaval, oppression, uncertainty, and exhaustion.
So I’ve been sitting with a question that feels both simple and urgent: What does this moment ask of us?
If you’d like to explore that question in community, I hope you’ll join me online on Sunday, March 22 from 11:00am–12:00pm PT when I’ll be hosting the Integral Yoga Institute’s Sunday Spiritual Talk (Satsang): “What This Moment Asks of Us: A Spring Equinox Satsang.”
We’ll begin by grounding in the equinox as a living metaphor—light and dark meeting in balance—and then turn toward the questions many of us are carrying in our bodies and hearts right now: how to stay steady in the midst of upheaval, how to respond to harm without hardening, and how to act with clarity without abandoning compassion.
Grounded in the wisdom of Integral Yoga and compassionate communication, this gathering will include shared reflection, contemplative inquiry, and guided practice. Together, we’ll explore how yogic principles of nonviolence and truthfulness, along with the cultivation of a calm, steady mind, can support us in responding to conflict and uncertainty with integrity—holding both clear action and compassionate care.
People of all faiths are welcome.
Wherever you are in your own movement toward balance, may this season help you to re-center yourself again and again, so your response to this moment can come from grounded awareness, compassion, and care.