LARA MOON

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​I write, I practice yoga, and I meditate. I can teach you how to do the second and third things on that list.

Born and raised in Manhattan, I’ve always been fascinated by how we communicate, what we choose to share, and what those choices reveal about us. I’ve spent much of my professional life working in communications, writing, and broadcasting—bringing information, ideas, and stories to an audience.

Yoga, as they say, is a transformative practice, and thirty years of experience have certainly proven that true for me.

Developing a regular practice, and eventually becoming a teacher, fundamentally changed how I understood myself and navigated the world. Yoga taught me to pay attention: to my thoughts, my habits, my reactions, and, most importantly, where I was directing my time and energy. It also deepened my patience, persistence, and willingness to take risks.

As I became more attentive to my life, I rediscovered interests I’d neglected for years: After decades of writing primarily in a professional capacity, I started writing poetry for the first time and returned to fiction, an early passion that had been waiting patiently in the wings. Today, I’m working on a series of seven novels, along with poetry, essays, and other creative projects.

I can’t say yoga made any of that happen, but it helped me recognize what mattered, reconsider what didn’t, and find the courage to pursue a different kind of life. Currently based in Northern Ireland after many years in the New York metropolitan area, I’m working toward a more peripatetic existence.

Seed brings together my interests in literature, mythology, the arts, and contemplative traditions. It’s a home for my writing and occasional reflections on yoga, meditation, and the vagaries of the human condition.

I’ve come to believe that much of living well comes down to knowing yourself: understanding what matters to you, finding the courage to pursue it, and discovering what you have to offer the world.

The rest, as they say, is practice.