Thousands of years ago, as a way to encourage his students to realize how precious their lives were, the Buddha invited them to imagine a vast and deep ocean with a golden life preserver floating on its surface. The Buddha then asked, “How rare would it be for a...
1. Q: Can you provide a brief description of what Jivamukti Yoga is? SHARON: Jivamukti Yoga is a path to enlightenment through compassion for all beings. The method, developed by Sharon Gannon and David Life in 1986, is taught as spiritual activation/activism and...
A student recently wondered why in some Yoga traditions, such as the bhakti tradition, there is little or no emphasis on the practice of asana, yet in Jivamukti Yoga and most other contemporary Western Yoga disciplines, asana plays a major role. It is true that there...
Jivamukti Yoga's Sharon Gannon, David Life, Rima Rabbath, Monica Jaggi and Yogeswari were featured in Somina's profile on the most influential yoga teachers in America. Read the full article here. "True teachers remind us of what’s most important. They remind us how...
Science has recently caught up to what yogis of old had been aware of and passed down through the ages: that the world we see and experience is made of sound. That which is seen as fixed, such as matter, is really space with small units of energy vibrating around one...
Yoga means “to yoke” or “to unite”—to know oneself as one with all that is. Yoga practices are a means to overcome avidya, the ignorance that distorts one’s perception of oneself and others. Using asana as a method to attain Self-realization or enlightenment...
I asked my first spiritual teacher, the alchemist Randy Hall, “How do I become enlightened?,” and he responded, “First, learn how to cook, clean, and garden.” I was incredulous at his response; it disappointed me, and at the time I wasn’t able to embrace his advice...
Red Flag Magazine Issue No. 8 | ANIMALS In this issue Red Flag explores the animal kingdom - "from the threats facing our animal cousins to the incredible lessons to be learned across species lines." Within this context Red Flag presents and interview with Sharon...
An aim that guides an action is an intention. To do something intentionally is to act on purpose. To act on purpose means that you act consciously. To pay attention is to act consciously, to act deliberately—to aim towards a goal. It is said that those who believe in...
Many of us struggle with time. We try to fit everything in, and we worry that we may have missed windows of perfect timing—if I had just been ready, the timing would have worked out; if I had just had more time, I could have done it better; there’s not enough time to...