How Chakras Work
Have you ever heard of someone's Chakra being stuck, blocked or out of balance? Do you wonder how could this be? What does that even mean? We're here to demystify...
How Chakras Work
Have you ever heard of someone's Chakra being stuck, blocked or out of balance? Do you wonder how could this be? What does that even mean? We're here to demystify...
A Beginner's Guide To The 7 Main Chakras
Chakras are a central principal to many practices in Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda. No doubt, you've heard of Chakras or you may have seen them on prayer flags, decorations and even tattooed on...
A Beginner's Guide To The 7 Main Chakras
Chakras are a central principal to many practices in Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda. No doubt, you've heard of Chakras or you may have seen them on prayer flags, decorations and even tattooed on...
The Noble Eightfold Path Of The Buddha
Looking for guiding principles on how to live your life? As is often the way, many people are not exposed to ideas their own family is unaware of. There has...
The Noble Eightfold Path Of The Buddha
Looking for guiding principles on how to live your life? As is often the way, many people are not exposed to ideas their own family is unaware of. There has...
The Four Noble Truths Of The Buddha
Buddhism is a User's Manual for living a content life. Unfortunately, many people have heard that Buddhism's starting point is the idea that "life is suffering." Buddhism is unlike so...
The Four Noble Truths Of The Buddha
Buddhism is a User's Manual for living a content life. Unfortunately, many people have heard that Buddhism's starting point is the idea that "life is suffering." Buddhism is unlike so...
Buddhism And The Buddha, An Introduction
With books like Eckhart Tolle's The Power Of Now, and ones like it, there has been a boom in all things mindfulness, meditation, breathwork and spirituality. Are these ideas unique and original...
Buddhism And The Buddha, An Introduction
With books like Eckhart Tolle's The Power Of Now, and ones like it, there has been a boom in all things mindfulness, meditation, breathwork and spirituality. Are these ideas unique and original...
What Do Namaste and Prayer Hands Really Mean?
If you've ever been to a Yoga class, you have probably witnessed people say "Namaste," while slightly bowing to each other, with hands held chest high and palms pressed together....
What Do Namaste and Prayer Hands Really Mean?
If you've ever been to a Yoga class, you have probably witnessed people say "Namaste," while slightly bowing to each other, with hands held chest high and palms pressed together....
ॐ Ōm, Its Meaning and Origin ॐ
"Wherever you are in your breath, exhale fully and inhale to prepare for Om. Aaaaauuuuummmmm........ Namaste Yogis, I am honored that you chose to join me this morning for the practice of Yoga." How...
ॐ Ōm, Its Meaning and Origin ॐ
"Wherever you are in your breath, exhale fully and inhale to prepare for Om. Aaaaauuuuummmmm........ Namaste Yogis, I am honored that you chose to join me this morning for the practice of Yoga." How...
Yoga As Exercise
What is Yoga? Is Yoga exercise? Is Yoga a spiritual practice? Thus far in our blogs on Yoga, we have focused a lot on all of the ways Yoga can be more...
Yoga As Exercise
What is Yoga? Is Yoga exercise? Is Yoga a spiritual practice? Thus far in our blogs on Yoga, we have focused a lot on all of the ways Yoga can be more...
Yogic Liberation: Kaivalya and The Transformati...
Great teachers can teach the same things to many different audiences. Some so well in fact, that people often mistake what they taught as two different teachings; missing that the teaching...
Yogic Liberation: Kaivalya and The Transformati...
Great teachers can teach the same things to many different audiences. Some so well in fact, that people often mistake what they taught as two different teachings; missing that the teaching...
Yogic Meditation and Power: Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna and...
Yogis, meditation and superpowers oh my.... These are what the Vibhooti Pada is about. The Vibhooti Pada is the third chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and is known as The Chapter...
Yogic Meditation and Power: Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna and...
Yogis, meditation and superpowers oh my.... These are what the Vibhooti Pada is about. The Vibhooti Pada is the third chapter of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras and is known as The Chapter...
Turning Your Body Into a Temple: Asana, Pranaya...
You have probably heard the saying "Your body is a temple," for it is one of those concepts that is found in many religions, faiths and spiritualities across the globe. Nowadays, you hear...
Turning Your Body Into a Temple: Asana, Pranaya...
You have probably heard the saying "Your body is a temple," for it is one of those concepts that is found in many religions, faiths and spiritualities across the globe. Nowadays, you hear...
Yoga Off The Mat, Living The Yamas and Niyama, ...
If I go to Yoga classes twice a week, am I Yogi? Maybe... but not necessarily. Yoga on the mat is known as Hatha Yoga, but what about Yoga off the...
Yoga Off The Mat, Living The Yamas and Niyama, ...
If I go to Yoga classes twice a week, am I Yogi? Maybe... but not necessarily. Yoga on the mat is known as Hatha Yoga, but what about Yoga off the...
The Eight Limbs of Yoga, An Introduction
So you have been practicing Yoga for a while now, but it seems a bit like group exercise or stretching with Sanskrit names... You may be wondering if that's all...
The Eight Limbs of Yoga, An Introduction
So you have been practicing Yoga for a while now, but it seems a bit like group exercise or stretching with Sanskrit names... You may be wondering if that's all...
Raja: Classical Yoga
“Yogas citta vrtti nirodhah- Yoga is the cessation of fluctuations of the mind.” -Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.2 Yoga is about self mastery, union with the divine, and liberation (Moksha). The first...
Raja: Classical Yoga
“Yogas citta vrtti nirodhah- Yoga is the cessation of fluctuations of the mind.” -Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.2 Yoga is about self mastery, union with the divine, and liberation (Moksha). The first...
Bhakti, Karma and Jnana: Pre-Classical Yoga
The aim of Hinduism is to live a harmonious life with yourself, your community and nature, as well as reaching Moksha (self realization/liberation). During much of Hinduism's history, the three...
Bhakti, Karma and Jnana: Pre-Classical Yoga
The aim of Hinduism is to live a harmonious life with yourself, your community and nature, as well as reaching Moksha (self realization/liberation). During much of Hinduism's history, the three...
Shiva: The Original Yogi
Who is Lord Shiva and what does he have to do with Yoga? Shiva (sometimes spelled Siva), is known by many names, has an abundance of incarnations/avatars or forms and...
Shiva: The Original Yogi
Who is Lord Shiva and what does he have to do with Yoga? Shiva (sometimes spelled Siva), is known by many names, has an abundance of incarnations/avatars or forms and...
A Beginner's Guide To The Types of Modern Yoga
Which Yoga is right for you? Have you ever looked at a Yoga studio's schedule of course offerings, only to see a bunch of unfamiliar terms- Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Slow...
A Beginner's Guide To The Types of Modern Yoga
Which Yoga is right for you? Have you ever looked at a Yoga studio's schedule of course offerings, only to see a bunch of unfamiliar terms- Hatha Yoga, Vinyasa Flow, Slow...
What Is Hatha Yoga?
If you are like us, you may have practiced Yoga for quite awhile before learning the names of different types of Yoga. You may have wondered, what a Hatha Yoga...
What Is Hatha Yoga?
If you are like us, you may have practiced Yoga for quite awhile before learning the names of different types of Yoga. You may have wondered, what a Hatha Yoga...
The Meaning of Yoga, Its Origin and History
For much of Yoga's history in the Western world, it was seen as a mysterious Eastern practice that only weirdos and hippies did. Now, it seems like every other person and...
The Meaning of Yoga, Its Origin and History
For much of Yoga's history in the Western world, it was seen as a mysterious Eastern practice that only weirdos and hippies did. Now, it seems like every other person and...