I am often asked what kind of yoga I teach, and after almost 35 years, I am still stymied as to how to answer. I usually mercifully restrain myself from breaking into a lecture and say that I teach … [Read more...] about Hatha Yoga is Kundalini Yoga
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Monkey Mind
Happy Chinese New Year! It is the Year of the Monkey and it is said the character of the next 12 months will mirror some traits we associate with monkeys: quick moving, volatile, tricky, changeable … [Read more...] about Monkey Mind
About Anger
“Attachment breeds desire. From desire anger is born. Anger leads to delusion, from delusion, forgetfulness, from forgetfulness, the destruction of intellectual discernment." Bhagavad Gita, … [Read more...] about About Anger
Om as Guru
One who chants Om, which is the closest form of Brahman, approaches Brahman. This liberates one from the fear of the material world. - Rig Veda, circa 1500 BC Rare is the yogic text or scripture … [Read more...] about Om as Guru
Intention
Intention “You will find that intention on liberation is the means to it. When this intention is full no other means is necessary. But when intention is weak what is the use of a thousand means? … [Read more...] about Intention
Moksha: Liberation, the fourth goal of life
“Of all the instruments of emancipation, Love is supreme.” So wrote the 9th century yogic sage, Shankaracharya who spread the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta: the doctrine of unity. Moksha is the … [Read more...] about Moksha: Liberation, the fourth goal of life
The Discipline of Love
We are contemplating a topic today that probably gives a lot of us the heebie jeebies: Discipline. Discipline, restraint, practice, sacrifice, and consistency: these things form the spine of a yogic … [Read more...] about The Discipline of Love
