“After the demands of the ego and its greed surrendered, the struggle for fulfillment of personal desires lessens; life takes on a new zest like a breath of fresh air.” -Swami Sivananda Radha The second klesha (the afflictions of the mind) is the veil of ‘Asmita’ (ego). When you hear the word ‘ego,’ oftentimes you…
Dhyana- Meditation I find sitting for meditation is the most difficult aspect of the practice, for many reasons. One being, it took me a long time to like myself. Have you ever had a friend that constantly talks about the same thing over and over? And then you start to ignore them, not answer…
“True concentration is an unbroken thread of awareness. Yoga is about how the Will, working with intelligence and the self-reflexive consciousness, can free us from the inevitably of the wavering mind and outwardly directed senses.” (BKS Iyengar in Light on Life) We can’t really do yoga or do meditation. Yoga is a natural state of…
Reflecting on Independence Day, a day of freedom, liberation, and unity, I am reminded of the connection to the seventh chakra, Sahasrara. This energy center lies at the very center on the top of the head (right where a baby’s soft spot would be) and is called the ‘crown’ chakra. Also known as the ‘thousand petaled lotus,’ It…
In the past couple of months I have been in and out of doctors offices working with my irregular menses and the effects it has on me. One of the processes to assist the doctors was using ink to see if the body was okay. It was a little painful, like really bad indigestion where…
We’ve heard the expression ‘heart and soul’ about a million times in our lives. For example, ‘I’ve put my ‘heart and soul’ into this (whether it be a creative project or a meal we’ve cooked) or ‘I love you with all of my ‘heart and soul.” We all know what the heart is, what it…
“I am always at the Beginning” The Aged Buddha, on being asked what life was like. As the holidays come to an end and winter settles in there’s a beautiful yin energy; introspective and still that provides us with the time and space to unearth our soul’s desires, to mirror Mother Nature. She retreats back…