The sun has melted the ice. But of course I’m not talking just about outside, I’m talking about inside. The frozen bits of you. The places where you freeze up. Where you hold back. Where you hide from yourself. The places in your being that are...

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If you are ready, you only need to hear the teaching one time and you’re enlightened. But your ability to know God, your ability to experience yoga’s promise of Self-Knowingness is affected by how you have been conditioning your mind and body. How have you been conditioning your mind and body? So...

How many lifetimes does it take for you to really get that you are eternal? That you have always existed. That you have never not existed. That your essence, your existence, is the One existence that underlies the existence of everything in this universe. How long does it take for you to...

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You have a body and your body is alive. Your presence in your body makes it a living body. Your body is affected by your breathing – or not breathing. In life, when you breathe too little or too infrequently, your anxiety level goes up. Yet in meditation, when your breath suspends, you ease into ...

You have a body and your body is alive. Your presence in your body makes it a living body. Your body is affected by your breathing – or not breathing. In life, when you breathe too little or too infrequently, your anxiety level goes up. Yet in meditation, when your breath suspends, you ease into ...

And there’s ups and downs in that. You know, a mixed bag. But your real identity is much greater, and found at a much deeper level inside. So we do yoga practices to cultivate that inner deepening, that deeper grounding, that centering, in a profound sense of...

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The Hatha Yoga Pradipika gives details on some of the classical yoga poses. Verse 1.68 says, “Success cannot be attained by wearing yoga clothes. It cannot be gained by merely talking about yoga. Practice alone is the means to success. This is true, there is no doubt.” This means that wearing ora...

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika gives details on some of the classical yoga poses. Verse 1.68 says, “Success cannot be attained by wearing yoga clothes. It cannot be gained by merely talking about yoga. Practice alone is the means to success. This is true, there is no doubt.” This means that wearing ora...

I spent decades trying to master the world. beginning with childhood efforts, like stacking blocks and playing in the sandbox. For many decades, I thought life was about handling the world, about excelling in the world. Yoga says that life is about mastering yourself — not mastering the world, bu...

I spent decades trying to master the world. beginning with childhood efforts, like stacking blocks and playing in the sandbox. For many decades, I thought life was about handling the world, about excelling in the world. Yoga says that life is about mastering yourself — not mastering the world, bu...

What happens when you begin to look inward? Oh, when you begin to look inward, usually what happens is first you bump into your mind. And your mind is full of external things. What’s that stuff that your mind repeats to you over and over again? That’s all stuff from the outside. So you have to go...

You want to be healthy, hale and hearty so you can enjoy your body, using it to the max without damaging or depleting it. Healthy living. Yoga and meditation are part of that equation. Yogic breathing and yoga poses will help. Yet meditation makes the biggest difference in your physical condition...

While many would wish for Shavasana to be the most important yoga pose, reclining on the floor with lots of cushions, that’s not it. The seated pose is most important, as it makes your meditation deeper and easier. It is because the current of energy that flows through your spine is so important ...

You want to be healthy, hale and hearty so you can enjoy your body, using it to the max without damaging or depleting it. Healthy living. Yoga and meditation are part of that equation. Yogic breathing and yoga poses will help. Yet meditation makes the biggest difference in your physical condition...

There are many meditation methodologies, each suitable for a different kind of person. Hopefully, with you being here, this is the one that works for you. This is a tantric system, where you recognize the deeper dimensions within, all the way to your own Divine Essence. This system is called Kash...

There are many meditation methodologies, each suitable for a different kind of person. Hopefully, with you being here, this is the one that works for you. This is a tantric system, where you recognize the deeper dimensions within, all the way to your own Divine Essence. This system is called Kash...

Any meditation is good meditation. Any methodology, any time of day, any length of time, any location you choose – you will benefit from even a short meditation. However, the type of benefit you get depends on the type of meditation you do. If you meditate on peace, you will experience peace. I...

Any meditation is good meditation. Any methodology, any time of day, any length of time, any location you choose – you will benefit from even a short meditation. However, the type of benefit you get depends on the type of meditation you do. If you meditate on peace, you will experience peace. I...

Yoga says the goal is for you to know your own Self, your own Divine Essence. You are already Divine. You don’t gain something that you are missing. You simply discover that you didn’t realize the depth and dimensionality and reality of your own Beingness. Meditation gives you…

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Namaste from Varanasi, the holiest city in India, the city of Shiva. I am here for Shivaratri, a holy night for yogis as well as Hindus. It is the night of Shiva, when you can get enlightened in one night. How? Meditate on your own Shiva-ness through the night. This is THE night to meditate on y...

Namaste from Varanasi, the holiest city in India, the city of Shiva. I am here for Shivaratri, a holy night for yogis as well as Hindus. It is the night of Shiva, when you can get enlightened in one night. How? Meditate on your own Shiva-ness through the night. This is THE night to meditate on y...

There’s two reasons your mind will beat up on you. One is because you’re not doing your best. The other is, that you did your best, and you’ve accomplished something. And now you’re moving on, and so your mind beats up on you to make sure you continue doing your best. Your mind isn’t really try...

I always wanted to know. As I gathered information, more and more information about more and more things, I became more and more disappointed – because all that information wasn’t giving me what I really wanted to know. It was like I had collected a suitcase full of seashells, but what I wanted t...

I always wanted to know. As I gathered information, more and more information about more and more things, I became more and more disappointed – because all that information wasn’t giving me what I really wanted to know. It was like I had collected a suitcase full of seashells, but what I wanted t...