It may sound radical to state that no one has the power to make us feel anything. Our egos will insist on blaming outer circumstances or people for causing our feelings, but it’s not true. No one can completely get…
As I walked and chanted with thousands to bring awareness to the need for climate action, protest signs all around me were a constant reminder of how vital a clean planet and clean air are. Breath is life. Although many…
Although many Western practitioners of yoga “come to the mat” to heal some aspect of their body, soon enough they learn of its holistic approach. As a spiritual practice, yoga integrates our whole being rather than separates the physical, energetic,…
As you may have already gathered from the title, this ain’t no sci-fi fantasy, but I might fondly classify it as a space odyssey. From childhood, my life pilgrimage has always been pre-occupied with space. Isn’t everyone’s? Hmmm, maybe on…
For millennia, yogis practised asanas (poses) as well as breath regulation (pranayama) for whole-being wellness. As mind-body-spirit beings, humans are more complex entities than merely a physical body or a collection of emotions and thoughts. Nonetheless, western medical practices still…
Both practice and non-attachment (nonreaction) are required to still the mind. Yoga Sutra 1.12 For millennia, the yoga sutras have provided its practitioners with aphorisms or truths meant to increase understanding and provide direction with regard to the mystery of…
Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling. Joyce Brothers How would you define intimacy? The definition I am most interested in is “close familiarity or friendship.” Typically,…
Several weeks back, I began writing this four-part series in an attempt to describe a critical path for expanding one’s creative and spiritual growth. Over many years of personal research, my experiences taught me that creativity and spirituality are intimately interwoven. In fact, I often wonder if we are using two different words to describe the same “way of being.” This series of blogs dabbles at demystifying our human “being-ness” by outlining four foundational pillars that liberate creativity — awareness, deep-felt experience, deep collaboration and finally, this blog’s topic, creative expression.
What drew you to yoga as your spiritual practice? In my case, it had everything to do with having a direct or felt experience of spiritual practices and philosophies. In the eight-limb practice of yoga, I do not have to…
The search for truth has guided human development from our earliest origins. With the advent of CIT (communication and information technologies), this search became increasingly more accessible, but also more challenging due to the sheer volume of information now readily…
Creating Space: Yoga Actions Asana Glossary We’re so excited! Our companion glossary for our Yoga Actions series print version is finally available on Amazon! Check out the Table of Contents and a sample of the inside pages below (Note –…
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