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Pranayama: The Yoga Of Breath; Power To The Peaceful

BKS Iyengar, the legendary yoga master, in his 93rd year in Pune India, describes prana as the breath of life of all beings in the Universe. We are all born into prana and when we die... 



True Confessions Time

For several years, as I studied and practiced yoga, I would find myself moving from a yoga pose into picking up a dust ball I’d spied while in headstand or transferring the laundry... 



Women and Yoga

Yoga has become a multibillion dollar industry, owned and operated primarily by women in the Americas. The unique history of this modern phenomenon is a story in itself. Can you... 



What Is Your Tree?

“What is it in your life that calls you to be bigger than you think is possible for yourself and for the world?” – Julia Butterfly Hill From 1997 to 1999, Julia Butterfly... 



Dealing With Difficult People

An organization I have been working with for almost 10 years recently offered me another chance to look at difficult relationships. During this process, I found myself bristling every... 



The No-Fun Judge

Oshin Vartanian, a Toronto based neuroscientist, puts willing subjects into a brain scanner and asks a standard question, “What can you do with a brick?” He wants to see what happens... 



You Have Come Here To Find What You Already Know

“You Have Come Here To Find What You Already Know” (attributed to the Buddha) I am closer to 66 than 65 and with that realization I quail sometimes at the challenges I have set... 



Spiritual Community

“Listen! I will tell you the fundamental cause of salvation. Satsang, association with the wise is the root cause of obliterating all suffering.” – the sage, Dattatreya.  ... 



Can You Spare Some Changes?

“There is nothing more radical than the moment when you realize you can reinvent your life.” – Durgananda     When I was 14 years old, reinventing myself meant a change... 



Goals versus Intentions

Recently a friend, who is also a yoga teacher in training and mid-stream in cancer treatment, shared her intentions with me. A few days later she remarked that since the road to hell... 



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