Happy New…
For many this is the time of year when we look forward and look back, wish a “Happy New Year” upon others and ourselves, and reflect upon changes, what we’d like to change in ourselves, or “resolve to improve,” all dipping into the sense of renewal, of fresh start-ness, of a cycle beginning anew. Which [...]
Kirtan audio: Jai Ma, Ananda Ananda, Om Satcitananda
FREE audio download and streaming of live Kirtan and solo Vedic chanting. Enjoy for meditation, or to practice chanting and singing. Songs include: Jai Ma-Mata Kalika, Ananda Ananda, Om Purnamadah Purnamidam, Tva Meva Mata and more, even a Winnie the Pooh poem! –> See Widget to the right to Listen Now, or Free Download. April [...]
Yoga as Coaching: Personality, temperament, samskaras and change
Are we innately inclined to certain temperaments? Am I “Just the way I am” or is there choice in change, discernment in action and impulse? Both Yoga and Science explore these questions and arrive at similar conclusions. The persistent nature and nurture interplay continues to evolve in our understanding. A recent article in Psychotherapy Networker [...]
Beyond Tribal: On Empathy, Wholeness, Yoga & Vedanta [books, J. Rifkin, video]
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For some years now I have been pondering ‘identity’ as I study and seek to practice Yoga and Vedanta. Identity meaning sense of self – in community, in society, in relation to spirit and divinity, in relation to our apparent tribal nature.
Yoga and Vedanta teach the nature of Wholeness, brahma vidya, knowledge of Brahman, and the practice of karma yoga…
Recent studies in neuroscience, psychology and behavior point to empathy and compassion being strong biological drivers[...]
Top 5 Tips to Jumpstart your Home Practice
We all want to, but it just doesn’t seem to get off the ground, or out of the bed. An essential pillar in yoga is congruence in heart and mind, thought and action. There is what Swami Dayananda Saraswati calls the ‘knower-doer split.’ I know I want a home yoga practice, I know it is [...]
book: strong recommend. Good Story, Yoga Sutras and Great Teachings – “How Yoga Works”
I am reading a wonderful book a friend brought to me when I was in the hospital. The book, “How Yoga Works” has inspired me greatly in practice and kept students in mind as well. This book is perhaps the best I have ever read on Yoga, due to its genuine accuracy and truth of [...]
