For meditation we sit in a comfortable, upright position. This is for two reasons: so we will not fall asleep, and to facilitate the upward movement of the subtle life force called prana, of which the breath is a manifestation. It is important that our meditation posture be comfortable and easy to maintain. Though sitting [...]The Posture for Meditation is a post from Swami Nirmalananda Giri, of The Atma Jyoti Blog unless otherwise specified in the post.
It’s Halloween! Most of us big kids did our celebrating on the weekend, but in the event that you have a last minute Halloween party at your neighbourhood yoga studio and your sexy-little-whatever costume won’t fly, here are some celebriyogi-inspired costume ideas. Bikram Choudhury What you need: black speedo, headband, topknot. Optional: balls like atom [...]
There are certain personalities in the North American yoga scene who have become unofficial spokespeople for the practice. While these A-list teachers are dedicated, articulate and knowledgeable, seeing the same faces and names attached to any yoga film or mainstream news article runs the risk of homogenizing yoga. One of the most refreshing things about [...]
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In anticipation of the first Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga (MISTY 2011) on October 29 & 30, I’ll be presenting a series of conversations with symposium faculty. Here is an email interview with Leeann Carey, the California-based founder of the Yaapana Yoga who is often known as a “teacher’s teacher.” Leeann Carey has been [...]
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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. The outward flowing force which struggles to keep all things in manifestation saw that without pain people would not create earthly desires to hold them here, so the illusion of [...]The Origin of Pain is a post from Swami Nirmalananda Giri, of The Atma Jyoti Blog unless otherwise specified in the post.
In anticipation of the first Montreal International Symposium on Therapeutic Yoga (MISTY 2011) on October 29 & 30, I’ll be presenting a series of conversations with symposium faculty. I recently met up with Carina Raisman in a Montreal cafe to hear about the driving force behind her approach to therapeutic yoga. Carina Raisman is a [...]
It would be easy to think that Seane Corn, Michael Stone and the Yoga Modern crew are the only voices in the yoga community who are thinking about or involved in the Occupy Wall Street movement. However, that’s not the case, as the New York City 3Ho Kundalini community has been quietly and persistently having [...]
This Australian radio documentary takes a look at the global “yoga revival” and the growing trend to reclaim the spirituality of yoga. Apparently, yoga is as popular in Australia as it is in the rest of the Western world, with more people doing yoga than dancing, fishing, doing martial arts and playing Aussie rules football [...]
This Guided Meditation Script will enable you to access and benefit from a deep healing and profound process.