Awaken Yoga – Union Of Individual Consciousness With Universal Consciousness

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The Significance and Observance of Mahasivaratri

April 12th, 2022|

by Swami Sivananda: This falls on the 13th (or 14th) day of the dark half of Phalgun (February-March). The name means “the night of Shiva”. The ceremonies take place chiefly at night. This is a [...]

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Living Yoga: The Life & Teachings of Sri Swami Satchidananda

April 12th, 2022|

From the famous opening of the 1969 Woodstock Music Festival (pictured above), to impacting medical research, interfaith dialogue, teaching and providing spiritual guidance to countless students, Sri Swami Satchidananda was one of the twentieth century’s [...]

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The Morality of Boycott

April 11th, 2022|

by Sri Aurobindo: Ages ago there was a priest of Baal who thought himself commissioned by the god to kill all who did not bow the knee to him.  […]

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Yoga and Hypnotism

April 11th, 2022|

by Sri Aurobindo: When the mind is entirely passive, then the force of Nature which works in the whole of animate and inanimate creation, has free play; for it is in reality this force which [...]

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Sri Aurobindo On Himself

April 11th, 2022|

The following quotes are from Volume 26, Sri Aurobindo Birth Centenary Library, “On Himself” […]

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The Present Situation

April 11th, 2022|

(A speech delivered in Bombay on 19 January 1907 at the invitation of the Bombay National Union) […]

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Tools of Kundalini Yoga: Kriya

April 10th, 2022|

by Donna Quesada: Kundalini Yoga, like all Yogas, is a method to connect to the divine within… […]

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How to Practice Chanting

April 6th, 2022|

by Mark Unno: It’s an expression of oneness — with the Buddha, with the sangha, with the cosmos itself. Mark Unno teaches you how to let go into the flow of chanting. Illustrations by Carole [...]

  • Pir Vilayat Khan-awaken

Trust In Life

March 24th, 2022|

by Henry Corbin: My dear Pir Vilayat Khan! If you had written a large opus about Sufism, its teachings, practices and history, and asked me to write an introduction,  […]

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Fear, Courage & Awakening

March 24th, 2022|

by Mary Nurrie Sterns: Essential to our investigation of fear, courage, and the unknown is an exploration of spiritual awakening.  […]

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Protecting Oneself from Undesirable Impressions

March 24th, 2022|

by Pir Vilayat Inayat Khan:You wish to call a halt to the stress and disarray of the rat race in which you are inevitably embroiled. You feel over stressed by vying with the Jones and wish [...]

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The Sage Pantanjali

March 24th, 2022|

by B.K.S. Iyengar: Patanjali, undoubtedly the greatest expounder of Yoga, lived sometime between 500 and 200 B.C. The life of Patanjali is an enigma to modern historians, and almost nothing is known about this great [...]

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Pantanjali Yoga

March 24th, 2022|

by Vikepashahabhuvah: Patanjali is regarded as a divine incarnation of the serpent Anantha, who is revered as the ‘supporter of the whole universe’. He is the Adhisesha of Lord Mahavishnu. […]

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Osho on Patanjali Yoga – Yoga is pure Science

March 24th, 2022|

Osho: Yoga is not a religion-remember that. Yoga is not Hindu, it is not Mohammedan. Yoga is a pure science just like mathematics, physics or chemistry. Physics is not Christian physics is not Buddhist. If Christians [...]

  • Sri K. Pattabhi Jois-awaken

Pattabhi Jois Returns to New York City

March 23rd, 2022|

by Cara Jepsen: I was excited to attend a week of Pattabhi Jois’s recent 2005 World Tour, which featured ashtanga vinyasa workshops in London, Encinitas (California), Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York City. [...]

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How Ashtanga Yoga Came to the West

March 23rd, 2022|

In 1999 I went to Hawaii to interview Norman Allen, the first American to study with Sri K Pattabhi Jois to find out exactly how Ashtanga Yoga came to the West. […]

  • Krishna Pattabhi Jois-awaken

Mind Control

March 23rd, 2022|

Question: Guruji what is mind control? Yes, mind control is possible, mind control you take, that is yoga. […]

  • Guru Nanak-awaken

Hollow Rituals Have No Value

March 23rd, 2022|

Guru Nanak Dev while on his eastward journey reached Hardwar.  It is on the banks of the river Ganges and is one of the major centers for Hindu pilgrimage.  […]

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Toward The One

March 22nd, 2022|

by Pir Vilayat Khan: YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE CENTERS OF PERCEPTION IN THE HIGHER BODIES.  […]

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Strengthening Your Bones

March 18th, 2022|

One of the great legacies of the ancient Taoist masters of China has been the practices for regenerating the bone marrow through a series of simple breathing exercises… […]

  • Daya Mata-awaken

Elvis and ‘Ma’, Sri Daya Mata

March 12th, 2022|

According to reports, Elvis met Daya Mata, president and sanghamata of worldwide Self-Realization Fellowship headquartered in Los Angeles, in the 1960’s. […]

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Yoga For Arthritis

March 11th, 2022|

by Julie Peters: Hurting? Yoga for arthritis can soothe your joints and diminish pain… […]

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Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa – Interview

February 26th, 2022|

As well as speaking at this year’s Wellness Day 2011, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa took time to be interviewed on a wide variety of topics surrounding Wellness and the treatment of addiction. […]

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How To Build Strength With Your Yoga Practice

February 25th, 2022|

by Kyle Shrivastava: When people think about yoga, strength isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind. But this doesn’t mean it can’t or shouldn’t be a part of your practice… […]

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A Glimpse Into The Life of Daya Mata

February 20th, 2022|

Daya Mata is a devotee of God and a monastic, whose life is wholly given to serving God and humanity through her Guru’s teachings. […]