Meditation is the practice of watching your mind think. Why would you want to watch your mind think? Well, when you can watch something, you will come to know that you are not that something. You cannot watch and be what you are watching at the same ti …
In the Yoga Sutra, Patanjali began his chapter on practice with a simple three-step plan for the attainment of enlightenment called Kriya Yoga: Discipline, Study, and Devotion. Like the word karma, kriya is derived from the Sanksrit root kr, which mean …
Learning only static postures does not reveal the incredible potential of asana. When individual asanas are linked together correctly in a sequence, the result is a physiological mantram, a fleshy vortex of intersecting rivers of everything. The word v …
Sit down! Just sit down and hold still! Sounds simple, but it’s not so easy when you have a mind filled with thoughts moving this way and that. The Sanskrit word asana is most commonly known as the name for the yogic practice of assuming various physic …
The purpose of any sadhana or conscious spiritual practice is the awakening of cosmic consciousness. Kundalini is consciousness, sleeping like a coiled snake at the base of the spine, where the opening to sushumna nadi, the central energy channel, is l …
Are we more than the sights and sounds of our culture? The ancient philosophy of yoga tells us yes; there is an eternal, ever-present reality within us that transcends the limits that society imposes on us. Art has always been a celebration, and thus a …