The words you get from the Guru are full of Divine power. This is described in a verse from the tantric text, Mantrishirobhairava. This verse has 2 meanings: 1) The Guru’s words are powerful due to the Grace he embodies, and 2) the mantra is powerful due to the Grace instilled in it by the Guru. ...

I remember learning how to float on my back. There’s a sweet spot, where you surrender to the water and your mind becomes still. It’s a lot like meditation. And especially at the end of your meditation period, you can hang out in a zone called “vyutthana.” Remind yourself that you are Consciousne...

I remember learning how to float on my back. There’s a sweet spot, where you surrender to the water and your mind becomes still. It’s a lot like meditation. And especially at the end of your meditation period, you can hang out in a zone called “vyutthana.” Remind yourself that you are Consciousne...

I wanted instant enlightenment. I didn’t get it. Actually, in the beginning I didn’t know I was looking for enlightenment. I wanted to be happy. I wanted to be calm, peaceful. I wanted to be centered. I called myself a seeker and I looked in lots of different places. Then I ended up in one of my ...

In a Svaroopa® yoga class, the bliss comes from your spinal release. When you get opening along one side of your spine and then the other, the energy flow in the center is opened up. You feel centered and peace-filled. Ah, the beginning of bliss. Better yet is meditation, especially after you ha...

In a Svaroopa® yoga class, the bliss comes from your spinal release. When you get opening along one side of your spine and then the other, the energy flow in the center is opened up. You feel centered and peace-filled. Ah, the beginning of bliss. Better yet is meditation, especially after you ha...

On this holy night, the night of Shiva, the veil thins. The ancient tradition promises that if you stay up all night on Shivaratri, honoring Shiva outside and Shiva inside, you can become enlightened. And if you don’t make it in one night, your practices will gradually transform you. Once you hav...

Before yoga, I bumbled around in different religions. Then I tried SBNR – Spiritual But Not Religious. It was receiving Shaktipat from my Guru that swung me around. Then, instead of looking outward, my attention was riveted inward toward the bolt of Consciousness he had awakened in me. It took me...

Before yoga, I bumbled around in different religions. Then I tried SBNR – Spiritual But Not Religious. It was receiving Shaktipat from my Guru that swung me around. Then, instead of looking outward, my attention was riveted inward toward the bolt of Consciousness he had awakened in me. It took me...

You glow with the light of Consciousness once you receive Shaktipat, a whole new definition to the term, “getting lit up.” Just as an unlit candle is lit from one already ablaze, your inherent Divinity arises within once you receive this initiation. You receive this blessing from one who is alrea...

Called “Peak experiences” in psychology, I call them peek experiences, p-e-ek. You’re getting a peek into your own Divine Essence. This experience, this expansive experience, this profound and bliss-filled experience is essential to life. Without it, you begin to wonder why you’re alive. It’s th...

Called “Peak experiences” in psychology, I call them peek experiences, p-e-ek. You’re getting a peek into your own Divine Essence. This experience, this expansive experience, this profound and bliss-filled experience is essential to life. Without it, you begin to wonder why you’re alive. It’s th...

You become Self-Realized by knowing your own Shiva-ness. It’s a little tricky. You usually focus on things you consider not-Shiva, not-Divine. Yet they are made of Shiva, just as you are. Thus, you don’t have to withdraw from the world. Instead you find your own Shiva-ness, so you can see Shiva i...

From day 1, yoga and meditation made me feel better than anything else I’d ever tried. But I kept doing the old stuff. It didn’t make me feel good, but I was used to feeling bad, I suppose. Hindsight makes me able to see that I had been trained how to live by people who weren’t happy. In addition...

From day 1, yoga and meditation made me feel better than anything else I’d ever tried. But I kept doing the old stuff. It didn’t make me feel good, but I was used to feeling bad, I suppose. Hindsight makes me able to see that I had been trained how to live by people who weren’t happy. In addition...

You undergo pain when you give up your all-pervasive nature and become limited. Your essence is pristine, expansive and profoundly real. Your mind chops you down to size. Worse, you believe what your mind tells you. But you can use your mind to discover your Divine Essence…

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Whether it’s physical pain or mental-emotional pain, yoga definitely can help. Yet yoga’s specialty is to free you from spiritual pain, the inner feeling of being empty, being not enough. The good news is that you get it all, all at the same time. One thing gives you all three – your spiritual ex...

Whether it’s physical pain or mental-emotional pain, yoga definitely can help. Yet yoga’s specialty is to free you from spiritual pain, the inner feeling of being empty, being not enough. The good news is that you get it all, all at the same time. One thing gives you all three – your spiritual ex...

What do you call a person who emanates the energy of Consciousness? Since ancient times, such great beings have made themselves available to seekers who want to know. Beyond mere words, it is the experience of the Truth that matters. This is why I am in Ganeshpuri, to marinate even more in the e...

The One Divine Reality, Shiva, is the Self of all — Divine, perfect and pure. Shiva takes on not-Knowingness in order to be a unique individual, who feels separate and different from others, and separate and different from Shiva. Technically, Shiva takes on three layers: anava mala, mayiya mala, ...

The One Divine Reality, Shiva, is the Self of all — Divine, perfect and pure. Shiva takes on not-Knowingness in order to be a unique individual, who feels separate and different from others, and separate and different from Shiva. Technically, Shiva takes on three layers: anava mala, mayiya mala, ...

Getting enlightened does not mean you lose the world. A yogic master knows their own Divine Essence and recognizes it in all, thus embraces the world process and participates fully. This is a very different description than other meditative systems provide. Many of them emphasize withdrawing from...

People who live in oppressive situations long to be free, whether it’s a prison or a life situation, or merely their own mind. You long to know your own Self as Consciousness-Itself, and to live in the bliss-filled Beingness that is your essence. Yet you already know. At a deep inner level, you a...

People who live in oppressive situations long to be free, whether it’s a prison or a life situation, or merely their own mind. You long to know your own Self as Consciousness-Itself, and to live in the bliss-filled Beingness that is your essence. Yet you already know. At a deep inner level, you a...