It's been seven months since I returned from my trip and I am finally getting a chance to sit down and write a post, after much needed time of reflection, integration of what was experienced and learned. I recently have been reminded on how shocking changes can be to the body. Changes in seasons, environment,… Continue reading Traveling Yogini Adventures Final Part- Integration
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Traveling Yogini Adventures Part 3
In part one i mentioned the quote “What you get by reaching your destination is not nearly as important as what you will become by reaching your destination” and questioned how we change when we travel. Its inevitable that when we travel, especially to different countries, that it changes us in some way. When we… Continue reading Traveling Yogini Adventures Part 3
Buyer Beware-The Dilemma of the Educated Consumer Part 2
In Part 1, I talked about the programing that is running the way that we live and how being an educated consumer can bring a lot of fear based energy of "toxins" in our food, body and the environment. I had posed the questions of how we can be a balanced educated consumer and be… Continue reading Buyer Beware-The Dilemma of the Educated Consumer Part 2
Buyer Beware-The Dilemma of the Educated Consumer part 1
Are you an Educated Consumer or a Programmed Consumer? We grew up in a society where we were programmed to believe that our doctor knows what’s best for us, the FDA food pyramid is what we should be eating to stay healthy, that we can take a pill and it will heal us, that your… Continue reading Buyer Beware-The Dilemma of the Educated Consumer part 1
Yogic Sleep Deep Relaxation
Yoga Nidra or Yogic Sleep- Deep Relaxation Yoga Nidra is a systematic method of complete relaxation, holistically addressing our physiological, neurological, subconscious needs, where one achieves true relaxation. Yoga Nidra relaxes the mind by relaxing the body and relaxes the body by relaxing the mind. Yoga Nidra is a process for learning how to listen… Continue reading Yogic Sleep Deep Relaxation
Roadblocks to Practice
When thinking about the yoga path or our spiritual path. The path is not really a path at all, that would imply a destination. As soon as we put a destination on the path we don’t focus on the journey. When we are focused on the journey, we are really experiencing the now moments and… Continue reading Roadblocks to Practice
A BALANCING ACT
The act of balancing on one foot in yoga class can inspire balance in the rest of our lives. While the breath and a focal point of concentration can assist us in posture, it’s the mind that really must let go of a particular outcome for balance on a deeper level, to occur. While in posture… Continue reading A BALANCING ACT
Meditation & Art of Letting Go
by Peter Russell In order that the mind should see light instead of darkness, so the entire soul must be turned away from this changing world, until its eye can learn to contemplate reality and that supreme splendor which we have called the good. Hence there may well be an art whose aim would be… Continue reading Meditation & Art of Letting Go
I am Love
I AM by Sandy Stevenson I am the wind and the rain. I am the sun and all that shines. I am that which holds the heavens and all that does not shine. I am the all of all-ness and the no-thing of nothingness. I am you - the very source of your being. That… Continue reading I am Love
The weed
I remembered practicing Karma Yoga in the garden at the Ashram as i garden at my own house. I remembered the thousands of weeds i pulled out of the garden at the ashram and began to contemplate what we call a "weed" in the garden. I wrote this poem: Note the formatting is not right.… Continue reading The weed
Love is my Religion
LOVE IS MY RELIGION By: Nicole Petroff Yes I declared myself a worshiper of LOVE. Love is my religion. When thinking about the concept of having love as a religion, I realized it shouldn’t be like any other organized religion. This religion has no rules, no specific places to worship, no specific god or people… Continue reading Love is my Religion
Attachments & School of Life
Attachments & the School of Life by Lura Genz, ourinnersource. com Life can be compared to an enormous multileveled structure – a school-house filled with countless classrooms. Each classroom represents an intention - either acted upon or not acted upon. Some of the life lessons taught, and often re-taught, are mind-numbingly repetitive in nature. It… Continue reading Attachments & School of Life
What is Ascension
Definition: Ascensionexcerpt 'The Official Guide to Enlightenment'by Suzanna KennedyAscension is about humans clearing, healing and evolving our energies into a higher form...ascending to a higher vibrational level. The Angels, Light Beings and the Ascended Masters are flooding this plane with guidance, wisdom, information, and techniques. It is up to each one of us to embrace… Continue reading What is Ascension
Tree of Yoga
There are many misconceptions on what yoga is about. Many people in this country have been mislead into believing that yoga is just doing postures to gain more strength, flexibility, and beatification. The misunderstanding of what yoga is can take a student in the opposite direction of the true meaning and goal of yoga. Yoga's… Continue reading Tree of Yoga
Love is my Religion
By: Nicole PetroffYes I declared myself a worshiper of LOVE. Love is my religion.When thinking about the concept of having love as a religion, I realized it shouldn’t be like any other organized religion. This religion has no rules, no specific places to worship, no specific god or people involved. It encompasses everyone, every being,… Continue reading Love is my Religion
Food For The Soul
Food For the Soul By Nicole Petroff If you ask different yoga teachers/masters what the yoga diet consists of, you would probably get different answers, just as there are different ways of doing postures and different opinions of what is considered to be a branch or style of yoga. In my research I had found… Continue reading Food For The Soul
The power of NOW on mass consiousness
September 2007I feel something happening within the human race. Our thoughts weather they are negative or positive effect the plane of existence that we are on. While talking to some of my friends about their problems and there feelings of anxiety, anger, despair, hatred towards the world. I try to bring some positive in their… Continue reading The power of NOW on mass consiousness
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