Ignite Your Kundalini – Diet for Yogis
Many people look at yoga as addressing the health of the respiratory (lungs) and the circulatory system (heart). But according to the yogic texts, the digestive system is considered a […]
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The Yoga of Our Two Brains
In the Western world, 2,000 years ago, Galen began describing the Central Nervous System as a complex of nerves which permitted animals spirits to travel from organ to organ. On […]
The Yoga of Our System
Just as the Universe is an interplay of systems, our body is an interplay of our nervous, circulatory, digestive, respiratory, endocrine, excretory and reproductive systems. People like practicing Yoga because […]
The Yoga of Our Micro-verse
Our body is a tiny replication of the entire universe. The Universe is made up of 100s of billions of stars and planets which are organized into a number of […]
The Yoga of Food
Yoga, like its cousins, classic Sāṃ̣khya and Buddhism, is a collection of practices that takes us to a place where pain ceases to affect us. The ancient yogis understood that […]
Modern Yoga Research
Recently I did a presentation on Goraksha, the “founder” of Hatha Yoga using the inspired work of Dr. James Mallinson from the University of London. In order for the class […]
Who Can Practice Yoga?
Can a Christian, Muslim or Jew practice yoga? Many are interested in yoga, but fear Yoga contradicts their beliefs. Yoga trains the mind for One-Pointed Focus. When our mind is […]
Devotion in the Monastery
Doing Yoga in ancient temple on a mountaintop created two friendships that day.
The Story of How A Woman Hugging a Great Tree Sprouted a Vine
Sri T. Krishnamacharya lived 101 years. He was the teacher, the root, of all modern yoga. His students‘ different yoga practices reveal how Krishnamacharya’s yoga reflected his own coursework from […]
