Meditation will help you to observe your thoughts rather than be your thoughts. We think all the time and therefore are in a perpetual state of imagination. “Standing back” and looking at one’s thoughts frees us from compulsively living out the content of the mind. We need to learn to live from the inspiring Light that illumines thoughts and images…
Month: October 2008
Taking It To The Streets
Spiritual teachings have become as available in the cities of the USA as fast food. Anyone can learn yoga, tai chi, chi-kung, or study the teachings of any master from Jesus to space aliens without a blink of an eye from anyone. One can travel to “spiritual camps, retreats, schools anywhere inside the USA…If you wanted to live in a…
EVENING POSES TO HELP YOU SLEEP
It’s late, and you are starting to feel tired. With the lights out you head for bed. You lie there for a while but your mind just cannot shut off with the lights. The longer you lie there hoping to fall asleep, the more agitated you become. You start worrying that you won’t be able to fall asleep. The more…
Reaching great heights through Yoga
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Isn’t it all just Yoga?
In the book by Vivekananda, The Yogas and other works He speaks of the teachings of Hatha yoga as “a system for a healthy body.” In his book of 955 pages, Vivekananda devotes less than one page to the subject of hatha yoga. In this one paragraph he says “The result of hatha-yoga is simply to make men live…
MARTYN JACKSON: The Wizard Of Yoga
Since 1971 when I began seriously taking formal Yoga classes, I have had many great yoga teachers. I consider myself very lucky to have had an unfolding succession of creative and inspiring teachers. But in 1981 I was graced with meeting Martyn Jackson. He was a magical teacher full of intensity, sincerity, great humor, laughter, originality and honest teaching. He…
A simple ten minute practice
MAKING STRIDES WITH LEG STRETCHES In these leg stretches the entire leg is extended As you practice and gain more flexibility, you will be able to eventually grasp hold of your lifted foot and maintain the full extension of your leg without bending your knee. Until then, the use of a yoga strap allows for the full extension of the…
A Funny Thing Happened
A funny thing happened to me on the way to my Breath. Time kept creeping up on me one afternoon when I was planning to do yoga. Thinking about whether or not to eat and checking out my emails kept getting in the way of getting to my practice. Knowing that if I didn’t “just do it” I would miss…