The Changing Face of Yoga: The Practice of Self-Inquiry

Aug 27, 2021

In the last decades, Yoga has been packaged and sold as a sensationalized, glamorous system of beautifying the body. Images of mostly well-healed looking young women or very buff men on the covers of Yoga magazines have created a market only the elite can pursue....

Yoga in the Age of Social Distance: A Practice For Energetic Strength

Aug 26, 2021

Loss of health and mobility begins with such impediments as stiff ankles, sore shoulder joints, tension around the eyes and face, a rigid spinal column, and tightness in the wrists and finger joints. In addition, soreness in the lower back and rigidity in the hip...

Yoga on the Battlefield: Lessons from the Bhagavad Gita

Apr 8, 2019

Contrary to popular belief, yoga can be done without ever doing a yoga pose. And, you can be very adept at doing yoga poses without ever really doing the practice of yoga. How can this be? As Krishna teaches Arjuna in the Bhaghavad Gita, the practice of yoga is aimed...

Yoga Nidra: The Yoga of Enlightened Sleep

Apr 8, 2019

That which stays awake in deep, dreamless sleep is Yoga Nidra. ~ Ancient Text Sleep deprivation is rampant in our culture today—so much so that the Centers for Disease Control declared this issue a public health epidemic. Gazing endlessly at computer screens and smart...