About: Braja Sorensen
Posts by Braja Sorensen:
Shiva-ratri: Respects to The Lord of Yoga.by Braja Sorensen on Feb 20, 2012 MC Yogi and Bhagavan Das chant to the Lord of Yoga, so get off your mat and dance for Nataraja, the King of Dancers...Om Namah Shivaya!245 views |
You Have 24 Gurus. And Yourself.by Braja Sorensen on Feb 15, 2012 We learn from the earth and all around us how to be our own guru...656 views |
Sometimes I Hate Titles Like “Forgiveness.”by Braja Sorensen on Feb 15, 2012 I've heard a lot about forgiveness: absolute, utter, pure bullsh*t, some of it.863 views |
I’m Dying.by Braja Sorensen on Feb 13, 2012 And I'm going to be bright pink when it happens...148 views |
Here Comes The Sun…by Braja Sorensen on Feb 11, 2012 ...the smell of the earth changes, winter officially withdraws the remnants of its presence, and a new resident moves in.114 views |
Scarred For Life — But That’s Just The Parts You Can See.by Braja Sorensen on Feb 6, 2012 I look in the mirror at deep facial scars, made by the slashed windscreen in a head-on collision, and I wonder why the insides don’t heal as easily….1,006 views |
Broken, But Never Not Whole.by Braja Sorensen on Feb 2, 2012 This battered body has had it's day in the sun, it's weekend in a bikini. That it is no longer fit to do some things again doesn't disappoint me. I am more than this body...178 views |
Rumi: Why He Rocks The World.by Braja Sorensen on Feb 1, 2012 He placed a welcome mat with delicate ease at his door, encouraged pain and asked for its footprints, evidence of its visit, to trust the host with its presence1,011 views |
5 Things You Don’t Need To Hear This Week.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 24, 2012 ...cos nothing p*sses us off more than being "told" all the time.1,217 views |
Calcutta Bites.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 23, 2012 Elegant drinks clashed with lusty mouths. Heavy gold bangles clashed with china. Cutlery clashed with teeth. War was declared.146 views |
Did Someone say Dharma?by Braja Sorensen on Jan 22, 2012 Dharma is what lies behind the door marked "Spiritual Equality." Open it and step inside and leave all other labels at the threshold...476 views |
Oprah Gets Her Krishna Groove On.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 19, 2012 The anti-meat industry champion visits the cow capital of the universe...2,822 views |
India Joins Internet Censorship – Bans Google, Facebook, & 19 Othersby Braja Sorensen on Jan 18, 2012 While the US has SOPA, India has it's religious quarterbacks scoring touchdowns on censorship...397 views |
Yoga Teachers: Nothing but a Vehicle.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 16, 2012 If yoga is more than "exercise," shouldn't its teachers be spiritually and philosophically qualified?584 views |
Iyengar & Yoga Journal Respond to New York Times.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 14, 2012 All yoga teachers are not equal. Nor are students. Choose carefully. And if you don't? Fine: just don't blame it on the yoga....2,380 views |
Yoga: Doing More Harm Than Good?by Braja Sorensen on Jan 9, 2012 Stroke, brain injuries, retina damage, wounded arteries: bad teacher, or should some just stay away from yoga?1,269 views |
5 Thoughts You’ll Have at the Time of Death.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 8, 2012 4. "I have absolutely no fear of what is about to happen: I have money in the bank and good insurance."9,825 views |
Samskara: Creating the Mindful Life.by Braja Sorensen on Jan 6, 2012 "Mindful" is not a default setting: seeds that flower into a conscious life are planted with utmost care and tended to with devotion...670 views |
I Just Won $10 million / Hot Naked Yoga Girls / Vatican Bans Meditationby Braja Sorensen on Jan 1, 2012 Waylon's new year message was a doozy so I'm following his lead. He wrote, "Soon enough, you and I will die. Nobody gets out of life alive. Everything’s impermanent. The only constant is change (and plastic)." What a brilliant start to the new year! The Gita says the same thing. I think Waylon and Krishna are onto something...859 views |
Puritanical Yoga Bull$#@!*by Braja Sorensen on Dec 26, 2011 I'll be counting my blessings for being part of a process that embraces---sometimes even applauds---the fact that I may not be as good at it as the person standing next to me---be it in the yoga studio or the temple---and I may have tripped, fallen, crashed and burned, and struggled to stay standing....but I'm here. And I'm staying.907 views |
Armed With Yoga [Mat], Stand and Fight.by Braja Sorensen on Dec 22, 2011 While all yoga stems from a bona fide source, some of them should have been shot at the starting gate, never allowed their day in the sun, mercy killed: like mother/baby yoga, for instance...261 views |
Yoga Ego: Finding the Graceby Braja Sorensen on Dec 18, 2011 The yamas and niyamas are a consciously-entered process of self-development, and yoga itself a ritual practice embodying the art of making life sacred.289 views |
Absence & Longing: the Spiritual Meaning of the Heart’s Longing.by Braja Sorensen on Oct 17, 2011 Lovers separated, unrequited love, hankerings and unfulfilled dreams: what's it all about? Much has been written over the course of centuries about separation between lovers, the longing for reunion and the depth of emotion experienced in the absence of one’s beloved. Is it all a great cosmic joke designed to waste our time, smother us in feelings of remorse and rob us of our intelligence? Or is it actually the cosmic key that unlocks the mystery of the entire spiritual and material creation?4,235 views |
Yoga For The Soul.by Braja Sorensen on Oct 11, 2011 A couple of years ago, my husband and I were involved in a head-on collision with a truck on a country road in rural India. We were both as close to death as we'd ever like to be. The injuries were extensive on my part and involved plastic surgeries for facial injuries with months and months of painful rehabilitation.463 views |
The Unconfined Realm of The Sacred.by Braja Sorensen on Sep 26, 2011 Sacred items are wonderful things. They cross all boundaries of race, religion, faith and language; they draw the curious attention of those who have their own and hold these items dear. They create an instant bond of the familiar, a shared secret acknowledged in subtle gestures, momentary eye contact, a written confessional. Rosary, japa beads, a yoga mat, a river, a mountain, a temple, mosque or church: whatever form it takes, it is in itself a form of divine yoga, a linking with the supreme through the tangible items that connect us.583 views |
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