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Yogic Sleep?

by on Feb 11, 2012

Relax Into Greatness is an approach to the ancient form of relaxation called yoga nidra, yogic sleep. In this ancient yogic practice, we develop gratitude and effortlessness through relaxation; these are two of the most important attributes for actualizing your sankalpa. Your ability to manifest your sankalpa is greatly supported through the process of yoga nidra.

The Yoga Revolution: Bridging the Gap between Spiritualism & Materialism. ~ James Rohan

by on Feb 11, 2012

It’s time to wake up. Contrary to what advertisers and most major religions teach, happiness is not “out there”. There is no power outside of ourselves that can make us happy. Happiness has never been out there and yet day after day, year after year we go “out there” looking for it.


You’re on Your Own. ~ Jacquelyn O’Brien

by on Feb 10, 2012

I’ve been giving some thought to gurus, teachers and our relationships with them. I’ve been thinking about our tendency to give away our power. To invest heavily in someone else seems to reduce our ability to invest in ourselves.





On Knowing What is Meant By Goodness: The John Friend Controversy, with Respect.

by on Feb 10, 2012

Just as certain combinations of notes make chords that uplift and others create discord, so certain behaviors are in line with goodness and some are not. There are real forces in this universe of harmony and joy and uplift and there are forces of confusion and disharmony and violence and pain that draw unhealthy hearts like a magnet. There are ways of being that bring smiles to the eyes of children, and there are ways of being that result in conflict among men.


Remember your New Years’ Resolutions? No? Here are the Buddha’s all 12 (apocryphal) ways to fix that.

by on Feb 10, 2012

My guess is if the Buddha did New Years’ Resolutions, the Four Noble Truths would’ve looked like this: 1. In life there is time-wasting 2. The origin of time-wasting is unconsciousness 3. To stop being unconscious you must know what you want and what you don’t want (duh!) 4. To know what you want and what you don’t want, walk the noble twelvefold path....

Relationships. We Don’t Just Want ‘Em. We Need ‘Em.

by on Feb 10, 2012

As we grow up, move out and create lives independent of our families, we continue to practice expressing our deepest, spiritual beliefs – acceptance, understanding, compassion, selflessness, unconditional love - through the relationships we form.

You Call that an Article? ~ David Regelin

by on Feb 10, 2012

The article had taken a fragment of our two interview sessions, wherein I spoke of the transformational potential of a yoga practice, and turned it into a four page rant and complain session.

Let Your Sh*t Fly. ~ Olga Feingold

by on Feb 9, 2012

The YogaHope philosophy heals trauma through recognizing your emotions, working through them on the mat, and learning to create emotional and mental space through a specialized intentional training.

Goal of Life in Maximum Security: Meet your new teacher.

by on Feb 9, 2012

"I’ve discovered that the energy of devotion is the same as the energy of gratitude. ... Even here in a place like this it is easy to find gratitude for many things, like having yard every day, for having programs so we can rehabilitate ourselves, for having many like-minded people I can talk to, for getting three meals a day, for the sunshine…”





Looking for John Friend: A True Tiny Story from The Big Picture Book.

by on Feb 8, 2012

Here in the vast expanse of the world, of the oceans of the sky that are a beacon over this airy place where Anusara will or will not live, that teacher, his practice and this latest story of a yoga scandal are nothing but an illusion. They do not exist.







14 Love Songs (With An Edge) You Should Download Now.

by on Feb 8, 2012

These songs, like the 30 Best Songs of the Year that should be on your Playlist now, are include a few that I somehow left off which happen to be written for the majority of us in mind: imperfectly perfect beings who are not quite in the place they want to be with love and thick in messy stuff of life.

Love at first stretch.

by on Feb 8, 2012

Justice, they say, is what love looks like in public. I would argue that forgiveness is what love looks like in private. Yoga, above all, has taught me to forgive.

Sex, Bliss, Tantra & the Anusara Revolution.

by on Feb 8, 2012

How true is Anusara’s philosophy to the philosophy of Tantra? Does the following paragraph from John Friend’s Shiva Shakti Tantra philosophy reflect the inner essence of Tantra?

Trigonometry Lessons: The Triangle Pose

by on Feb 8, 2012

The Triangle supports me and provides a refreshing new angle on the world, a way to see beyond the usual. What can be learned from the Triangle seems to extend beyond the pose itself and into the relationships I have with those I live with.



The Missing Link between the Physical and Spiritual: How the British Colonialist Deliberately Sabotaged Yoga. ~ Simon Hollington

by on Feb 8, 2012

Human evolution was never meant to be left to chance. The means to work with one’s own biochemistry in order to alter negative health and emotional patterns, by altering your own DNA, is central to the tantric alchemical tradition and the missing link to evolution through yoga.


At The Faults Of Enlightenment

by on Feb 7, 2012

Enlightenment is not searching for perfection… it is finding perfection in the most unusual and disorderly things. Enlightenment is not wishing you had something that you didn’t, but even with nothing always having all that you need.



5 Ways The Super Bowl Stole my Soul.

by on Feb 7, 2012

When I immerse myself in yoga, the sports narcotic loses its allure. Normally I’d devour every word in the Boston Globe, Herald, S.I. & Espn. But in India the remedy for stealing back my soul from the sports world was the repetition of mantra & writing the story that fuels the passion of my life.


Pilgrimage To India, Defining The Kumbha Mela: A Discussion With Shelly Craigo.

by on Feb 7, 2012

Shelly Craigo, organizer and facilitator for the Kumbha Mela 2013 for the Himalayan Institute, gives an in-depth description about what to expect while on this pilgrimage and the rich history of the 40 day journey through India's holiest of places itself.

A Yogini’s Guide to the Fine Art of Friendship (or, Girl, Stop Dissing Me for Your Man.) ~ Marthe Weyandt

by on Feb 7, 2012

Having a few good friends (and I don’t mean 1,000 plus Facebook friends) is important in today’s fast-paced world. As young people delay marriage and move far from family for work or educational reasons, we find ourselves relying more heavily on female friends than women of generations past. We talk. We have coffee or lunch. We dish about really creepy dates or bad jobs. Think of the popularity of shows featuring platonic pals, like Sex and the City. Friends become one’s surrogate family.


By donation. ~ Claude Genest

by on Feb 7, 2012

When I asked the receptionist at studio what the difference was between the “suggested donation” and being charged the same amount as in my package of ten classes, she was unable to answer...

Repairing the Threads. ~ Dan Clement

by on Feb 7, 2012

There’s been much discussion about a certain style of yoga based on a Tantric perspective, who’s well-known teachers have been lately leaving that system for reasons that are a bit mysterious. I’d like to explore a potential reason.

8 Reasons Ashtangis Make the Best Friends.

by on Feb 7, 2012

Be kind to your ashtangi friends. We work hard every day in our practice and if we miss a few events or nights on the town for our early morning sadhana, it is not because we don’t love you.

Synchronicity & Yoga Girl. {Music} ~ Scott Wilson

by on Feb 6, 2012

After experiencing a situation like this before with Nickelback, I was very surprised to find out that a multinational corporation actually admitted that they basically copied a video on YouTube for commercial gain. I have found out, subsequently, that this is a much more common occurrence than anyone might expect... So rather than causing a permanent mark on my forehead by slapping it every time it happens, I'm trying to look at this particular situation as an opportunity.


Being A Writer Is Easy.

by on Feb 6, 2012

Being a writer is much like giving birth. A seed is planted. You're excited, you make preparations, you nourish the seed carefully, anxiously awaiting for it to mature. Finally, the time has come to introduce your creation to the world. It's scary. And messy. It's hard pushing your love out into the big scary world. There's even some screaming and some bloodshed.


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