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June 5, 2020

What is the difference between prayer and meditation?

Schools of Thought When I hear someone speak of meditation I automatically think of a Buddhist. Yet, when I hear the word prayer, I think of a Christian. What is the difference between prayer and meditation? Are they the same practice just called by different names? The reason I am splitting hairs over these two [...]

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March 28, 2020

4 Tips to Help You Cope with Fear

How to Handle Fear In psychology we find the concept of social contagion. This is when a person copies a certain behavior of others - these days it is fear and panic. Every single person who can stay calm and handle fear will support the collective in dealing with the worldwide challenges. NY times Fear, [...]

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March 24, 2020

Bridging Yoga and Zen

Building Bridges Both yoga and Zen are aimed at discovering who we are beyond the thinking mind, or the conditioned self. Both try to help us find freedom from our mind and bring us to a more intuitive, inner life — taking action as needed while living in the present moment. There are, however, some [...]

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January 17, 2020

Yoga Ethics: Be the Best Yoga Teacher for Your Students – Part II

The Ethics of Teaching Yoga Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras are the most known philosophical base for yoga. They can teach us a lot about yoga ethics and moral guidelines for teaching. Yamas and Niyamas are the ten commands of DO’s and DON’T’s for the yogic lifestyle. How can we apply them to yoga teaching in modern [...]

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January 17, 2020

Yoga Ethics: Be the Best Yoga Teacher for Your Students – Part I

The Ethics of Teaching Yoga Being a yoga teacher means dealing with many responsibilities and upholding yoga ethics. What are the ethics that a teacher needs most to be aware of? Teaching from experience and the right knowledge Creating a safe space for practice Safe and appropriate hands-on adjustments Support each individual's own progress Upholding [...]

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July 23, 2019

Yoga Philosophy Part XI: Enlightenment

Enlightenment - Freedom from the cycle “If you think you are enlightened, go and spend a week with your family.” Ram Dass Prayer for enlightenment Asatoma satgamaya Tamasoma jyothirgamaya Mrithyorma amritamgamaya Om shanti, shanti, shanti Lead us from ignorance to truth, From darkness to light And from death to eternity Let [...]

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July 20, 2019

Yoga Philosophy Part X: How to break the cycle of Samsara?

Samsara - Being born in a new body, once again Many spiritual traditions say that in the cycle of rebirth known as samsara, the soul chooses the womb at the moment of conception. Sadhguru tells from his personal experience how life (avoiding the word ‘soul’) enters the body 42-48 days after this point. He says [...]

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July 17, 2019

Yoga Philosophy Part VIII: Process of Dying and Rebirth According to Tibetan Buddhism

Living and Dying This is a shortened description of the process of dying according to Sogyal Rinpoche in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying. The scriptures are more complicated and include many subtle details. I hope this explanation respects the Tibetan tradition and Rinpoche's original text. I recommend reading the Tibetan Book of Living [...]

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July 13, 2019

Yoga Philosophy Part VII: How to act from compassion

The Heart of Humanity “A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, [...]

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July 10, 2019

Yoga Philosophy Part VI: How to find life purpose

How to Find Your Purpose in Life “Be brave enough to live the life of your dreams according to your vision and purpose instead of the expectations and opinions of others.” Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart The modern world has managed to sell the concept of happiness, as if [...]

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What is the difference between prayer and meditation?

4 Tips to Help You Cope with Fear

Bridging Yoga and Zen

Yoga Ethics: Be the Best Yoga Teacher for Your Students – Part II

Yoga Ethics: Be the Best Yoga Teacher for Your Students – Part I

Yoga Philosophy Part XI: Enlightenment

Yoga Philosophy Part X: How to break the cycle of Samsara?

Yoga Philosophy Part VIII: Process of Dying and Rebirth According to Tibetan Buddhism

Yoga Philosophy Part VII: How to act from compassion

Yoga Philosophy Part VI: How to find life purpose

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