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An Approximate Yogi Manifesto (Meditation for an Open Heart)
What I wish this blog to be –a place to share my life experiences connected to my yoga practice. I don’t claim to know all the answers, but rather want to share my observations, revelations, struggles,...
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Why They Call It A Meditation “Practice”
In this predawn light the sky is a calm purple –the state I wish my mind to be in and why I bring myself to the mat this early morning. Sometimes as I sit and meditate it’s almost like my thoughts...
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Slow Down and Drink Tea -Yogi Tea Recipe
There’s nothing more comforting than a warm mug of tea in your hands. As I drink, it not only warms me from the inside out, but sipping tea also helps me slow down. You have to sip tea slowly, and as I...
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How I Decided To Do My Yoga Teacher Training…and How It Changed My Life
I had probably subconsciously made the decision long ago. It was really just a matter of deciding when, and even that was really already decided for me. On the surface, it appeared to be the worst...
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Inviting Shiva In…And Then Letting Him Stay A While
This morning I was chanting “God” in a kriya, which was difficult for me. Why is that word so hard to say? I avoid it in my classes, I avoid it in conversation, and in my own inner thoughts. Why is it...
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Following the Rules –not always a good thing. (Meditation to End Karma)
On a recent car trip back home, I had to pee so badly I thought my bladder was going to burst, and the only bathroom for miles –“closed for cleaning.” I am literally just milling around the gas station...
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Focus on Second Chakra -Balancing Sexual Energy, Tapping into Creativity
This week we focused on the second chakra in class with 2 powerful kriyas, fundamental to the practice of Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan, Sat Kriya, and Kirtan Kriya. Some notes about the...
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Focus on Eighth Chakra, the Aura –Protect and Project!
Most discussions on the chakra system include chakras 1-7, but in Kundalini yogic philosophy the aura is considered part of this system, as the eighth chakra. What is an aura? It is an electromagnetic...
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Class of the Week –Perfect for Beginners or Recapturing that Beginner’s Mind
After Sunday’s post on how I got into Kundalini yoga, it seems fitting to do a beginner’s class for this week. This is my favorite beginner kriya because it is a great overall workout, and many of the...
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6 Travel Yoga Tips –Just Because You Go on Vacation Doesn’t Mean Your...
Here is an article on how to take your yoga practice with you when you travel, which I wrote for Spirit Voyage’s blog: Click here to read it.
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Yoga, Why Bother?
My post a couple weeks back brought up another question that I have been asking myself for the past month –why do I do yoga? Why do I meditate? Is my end goal enlightenment? Or do I simply do it to...
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In Search of an Authentic Practice
You may have noticed lately there has been less posts about specific yoga and meditation techniques. I have been hinting I’ve been a little yoga-lite lately. This has happened in the past when I have...
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The Brutally Honest Story of the Evolution of a Yogi, Part 2
You can read Part 1 here. Finally it was time to, reluctantly, move back home to Maine. One of the first things I did was look for a Kundalini studio. That’s when I met Kartar (who would later go on …...
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My Evolving Practice
As those of you who are regular readers have probably noticed, I’ve been a less frequent blogger over this past year and I’d like to try to explain why. After my knee surgery, I stopped doing yoga as I...
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