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LOVE(’S) GRIEF

LOVE(’S) GRIEF

As is the case with many of life’s experiences, we can’t fully grasp something until we live through it ourselves. ...
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Secret Prayer

January, 2008

Secret Prayer

by Sharon Gannon

Through yoga practice, one becomes at ease – comfortable, fully alive in one’s body, free of disease, inhibition, up-tightness and self-consciousness. One becomes free in mind, body, and heart. Saints and peaceful warriors all have this ease of being a …

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Presence: Jivamukti Focus of the Month

December, 2007

Presence

by Sharon Gannon

Our beloved teacher, Swami Nirmalananda would often remind us, “Practice dying everyday of your life and when the time for your death arrives you will be ready for the great samadhi.” Yoga is eternal. It exists in the infinity of the present; there is …

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Ahimsa - Nonviolence

November, 2007

Ahimsa: The Foundation of the Yoga Practice

by Sharon Gannon

Yoga is suddenly becoming popular all over the world, and at the same time, we are in the midst of a global crisis. Human beings have caused this crisis, but yoga may hold the potential to save the planet, because yoga teaches us how to live harmonious …

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October, 2007

We Are The Ones We Have Been Waiting For

by Sharon Gannon

All living beings are spiritual beings, because in one manner or another, all of life breathes. Breath is an indication that spirit is present. In the ancient languages of Aramaic (ruha) and Hebrew (ruach), the word for spirit also means breath. Even i …

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Prayer for Universal Peace

September, 2007

Prayer for Universal Peace

by Sharon Gannon

Yoga provides the means to reintegrate all aspects of one’s being. If ones heart is filled with sincere, pure, and selfless intention, then one will experience a deep internal healing and a deep inner peace in one’s own body, mind, and soul. But, more …

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August, 2007

Beyond Civilization

by Sharon Gannon

Dharma means that which holds together and sustains. There is really no equivalent word in the English language. Perhaps this is significant in light of the fact that our present culture, which is very adharmic and unsustainable, is promoting selfish, …

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July, 2007

The Practice of Meditation

by Sharon Gannon

Just as you cannot “do yoga,” you cannot “do meditation.” Yoga is the natural state of union with the divine source, happiness itself. What we can do are practices, which may reveal to us our resistance to that natural state. The practices of meditatio …

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June, 2007

Compass

by Sharon Gannon

When the direction of our attention is fixed on Divinity, we will arrive there eventually but inevitably. The practice and experience of this asana realigns us with our innermost purpose, the reason we exist. The Taittriya Upanishad proclaims Love as t …

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May, 2007

Kapalabhati

by Sharon Gannon

Kapalabhati means skull shining, and it is the sixth or last of the shat karma kriyas, which are important purification practices found in the Hatha Yoga system. The Hatha Yoga system acknowledges that our bodies are made from our past karmas. Our unre …

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April, 2007

Trataka

by Sharon Gannon

Hatha Yoga practices are alchemical practices, which can transform an ordinary body into a shining, diamond, light body. The transformation is one of perception. There are six important preliminary practices of purification, which are referred to as th …

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March, 2007

Life is like Sailing

by Sharon Gannon

  If we are passionate about attaining enlightenment or sincere about living a happy, dis-ease free life, then it might be helpful to our project to look for the source of our unhappiness or un-enlightenment, rather than to dwell in the drama of outer …

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Sahasrara Chakra: Level Seven

February, 2007

Sahasrara Chakra: Level Seven

by Sharon Gannon

How to Purify the Chakras Chakra means wheel. A chakra is a doorway through which we perceive reality. Our ability to see into the various dimensions of reality is reflected in the energetic ease or dis-ease found in our relationships. The disease of f …

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