Implacable Grandeur: Mindfulness and Change
If there is a sin against life, it consists perhaps not so much in despairing of life as in hoping for another life and ...
Yoga Nidra and Sleep: Resting in the Lap of Mother Earth
Each night during our sleep we re-create the world. Stories and pictures dance through our minds even if we are unaware. ...
Maintaining Composure as a Parent and Householder
Maintaining a graceful composure when performing life’s demanding household and child-raising chores can take a toll, ...
The Tree of Life: Vrikasana Pose
Tree Pose: Vriksasana The tree is a symbol of rootedness and reach, of sturdiness and balance. Trees find nourishment ...
Hamsa meditation
The Sanskrit word Hamsa translates as a swan. In yoga, the word breath is also known as Hamsa. One method of using the ...
Hatha Yoga and Mindful Movement
The yoga that most people are familiar with is Hatha yoga. Hatha yoga involves postures or poses referred to as ...
Yoga Poses to Counter the Effects of Sitting
You are only as young as your spine We live in a sedentary culture. With the abundance of email, social media, iPads, ...
Attitudes Toward the World –Yamas
In all spiritual traditions, ethics are central and provide a foundation for practice. The first limb of Pantanjali's ...
Niyamas (Observances)
The Six Niyamas: Shaucha (purity). Cleanliness of the body and purity of the mind. External Cleanliness of ...
Coping with Stress with Acceptance
Stress is Part of Life Stress is ubiquitous and unavoidable. Some stress is self-imposed due to our beliefs and ...
No Mud, No Lotus: Growing into our fullness
No Mud, No Lotus, Thich Nhat Hanh Many yoga practitioners are familiar with the lotus position, a classic meditation ...
Finding Your Inner Ganesha to Remove Obstacles
Ganesh, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is considered to be the remover of obstacles. The symbolism attached to Ganesh as ...
Staying Grounded During Meditation–Earth Touching Mudra
In meditation, we notice thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations, and then return our focus to the breath. This ...
Yoga Research with Medical Conditions
Research looking at the effects of various yoga practices have been conducted in the last 15+ years. Below is a sample ...
Meditation is the Cornerstone of Yoga
Yoga Sutras, it is written: Yoga is the control of thought waves in the mind (Sutra 2.) In Ashtanga yoga, the last ...
Nataraja: Lord of the Dance
It is said that Nataraja (the Hindu god Shiva in his form as the cosmic dancer) dances the universe into being, sustains ...
Methods and Aims of Yoga
Yoga gives one the ability to integrate mind, body, and heart and to awaken to the divine within. A major aim of yoga ...