Patañjali

Sage Patañjali was a great expounder of yoga. He penned the ancient Indian heritage through his treatise, the Yoga Sutras of Patañjali – the 196 sutras (aphorisms) that constitute the foundational text of Raja yoga. The exact date of the compilation the sutras is not known, However its is believed to be written around 200 […]

Paramahansa Yogananda

Paramahansa Yogananda-awaken

Indian yogi Paramahansa Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh on January 5, 1893. He introduced westerners to meditation and Kriya Yoga through his book,Autobiography of a Yogi.  The foundation of Yogananda’s teachings. Kriya Yoga is the science of union (yoga) with the Infinite through a certain action or rite (kriya). Mukunda was born in Gorakhpur, […]

Milton Hyland Erickson

Milton Hyland Erickson-awaken

Milton Hyland Erickson (1901 – 1980) was an American psychiatrist who specialized in medical hypnosis and family therapy. He was founding president of the American Society for Clinical Hypnosis and noted for his approach to the unconscious mind as creative and solution-generating. He is also noted for influencing brief therapy, strategic family therapy and neuro-linguistic […]

Best Meditation Apps

Awaken

by Jessica Migala: Meditation is a great way to refocus and center yourself, but with life being as hectic and distracting as it is today, it can be an unusually difficult task to master…

Gopi Kallayil

Gopi Kallayil is the Chief Evangelist, Brand Marketing at Google. He works with Google’s sales teams and customers and helps grow customer brands through digital marketing. In his prior roles he worked as Chief Evangelist for Google+, led the marketing team for the Company’s flagship advertising product, AdWords, in the Americas and Asia Pacific, and […]

Dr. Nikki Starr Noce, MD

Dr. Nikki is committed to love, compassion, happiness, health and harmony. After receiving her Medical Degree from New York University School of Medicine and completing her internship at NYU Medical Center, Dr. Nikki chose to veer from the western medicine model to focus on wellness, prevention, and happiness. Dr Nikki is also a certified Yoga […]