If your yoga practice is feeling a little stale, shake things up by adding variety to your poses! Yoga expert Jill Miller explains how you can push past a yoga rut. 
This is a continuation of our extracts from Yogananda’s The Second Coming of Christ articles that originally appeared in East-West, Inner Culture, and Self-Realization magazines. Desire for one object alone keeps your consciousness tied to that object. Love for all things, as the expression of God, keeps man’s consciousness expanded in omnipresence. So one baptized [...]Expand Your Consciousness! is a post from Swami Nirmalananda Giri, of The Atma Jyoti Blog unless otherwise specified in the post.
Ten days ago, Vancouver made international news when its citizens rioted in the streets after their hockey team, the Vancouver Canucks, lost to Boston in the final game of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The city has since been going through a period of shock, self-analysis and healing as the downtown core slowly comes back together. [...]
Don’t forget class this Saturday at 10:30!! Also Barking Buddha Doga Teacher Training is just around the corner July 29-31. AND Gus and I will be helping out as hostess’ on the upcoming dog friendly Argosy Cruise hosted by City … Continue reading →
One of the most important things that stand out in a person’s mind are their memories of past times. However, too often these memories are taken as examples of how the way life was at any given moment.
Part 23 in the Commentary on Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, by Swami Nirmalananda Giri Sutra 2:32. Purity [shaucha], contentment [santosha], austerity [tapas], self-study [swadhyaya] and self-surrender [ishwarapranidhana] constitute observances [niyama]. Shaucha: purity, cleanliness Shaucha means purity and cleanliness within the context of attaining unobstructed clarity of consciousness. “This Brahman, this Self, deep-hidden in all beings, is [...]The Five Great “Do’s” of Yoga is a post from Swami Nirmalananda Giri, of The Atma Jyoti Blog unless otherwise specified in the post.
During the course of everyday life, people are forced to hide their true thoughts for various reasons. Often it is not socially acceptable to speak one’s mind at all times.
Reconnect with the reasons you came to love yoga in the first place. "Downward Dog Upward Fog" author Meryl Davids Landau suggests a visualization that will help breathe new life into your Sun Salutations.
This is a continuation of our extracts from Yogananda’s The Second Coming of Christ articles that originally appeared in East-West, Inner Culture, and Self-Realization magazines. Real spiritual teachers know not only how to baptize with water but also with Spirit, or the Holy Spirit. But alas! Many Hindus in their temples, and many Christians in [...]What is Real Baptism? is a post from Swami Nirmalananda Giri, of The Atma Jyoti Blog unless otherwise specified in the post.
One yoga video can make all the difference. See how yoga videos reshape body, mind and spirit!
“Those who meditate with perseverance, constantly working hard at it, are the wise who experience Nirvana, the ultimate freedom from chains.” —Dhammapada 23 Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, frequently used the expression “godwards” for those who were moving toward Divine Consciousness. We might coin the ungainly word “Nirvanics” for those Buddha is describing [...]The Key to Nirvana is a post from Swami Nirmalananda Giri, of The Atma Jyoti Blog unless otherwise specified in the post.
It’s here! July 29th, 30th and 31st! I really look forward to teaching this seminar and sharing what I’ve learned over the past few years. This is my 5th teacher training!! Can you believe it? How time flies! The only … Continue reading →