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4 healing and spiritual tools to boost your inner practice
Spiritual tools for everyday life Sometimes spirituality tools and practice can feel like a lot of planning and work to find the quiet time you...

What do the Upanishads teach
Upanishads: these texts may be ancient, but they are a powerful source of inspiration for modern yogis – unlocking While the Vedas are considered the...

why I gave my baby mala beads
how mala beads can be used to help grow mindful kids I recently gave my 16-month-old daughter a string of mala beads. Now, she can’t...

rhythms of the body
rotation of thew earth – day night cycles Change, they say, is the only constant. Look at yourself and you will find nothing is constant,...

beyond yamas and niyamas
The sutras of Patanjali are a blueprint not only for individual self-enlightenment but also for the betterment and evolution of global society. The sutras, specificallly...

Kundalini Yoga: the sacred science of awakening
“Here is the greatest of altars, the living, conscious human body, and to worship at this altar is far higher than the worship of any...

The magic of Sanskrit
In the Western yoga movement, it has become common to find people chanting, singing, and praising God in Sanskrit as an essential adjunct to a...

Lessons from The Highest Pass from Anand Mehrotra
a q&a interview with anand mehrotra Anand Mehrotra is a modern Indian yogi and guru who grew up in Rishikesh, India, the birthplace of yoga....

Enter the world of spirit
The real roots of Yoga Every day in cities across North America, Europe, and Australia millions of people roll out their yoga mats and practice...

Interview with Swami BV Padmanabha
Bhakti Yoga Brahmachari Swami BV Padmanabha Since his teenage age of just 19, Swami BV Padmanabha has lived a life of brahmachari. After Nince years of...

Yogis gone wild
Yoga Yenta Summertime is here and I’m ready for some R & R! Yapping about yoga all day can be exhausting, not to mention pondering...

what is abundance? of abundance
Yoga and spiritual abundance Financial abundance seems to elude the rich and the poor alike. For some, too little money leads to unhappiness. For others,...