Date: 2009-09-21
Yoga is a transformational process, a great way transcend the challenges we all face in our lives, whatever they may be. But what about those of us who have never practiced yoga before? What of those who aren't in the best of physical shape? What of those who have been practicing for years and now suffer from "Yoga Burnout?" Dr. Robert Butera, author of The Pure Heart of Yoga, outlines 10 steps to transform your yoga practice and connect with the infinite.
Date: 2005-08-22
You are in bed, trying to get some sleep before you leave for work tomorrow morning. You know that if you do not get any sleep tonight, then tomorrow you will come into work drowsy and unfocused. Glancing over at the clock, you notice that it is ...
Date: 2004-11-01
Through yoga, I first had exposure to the Eastern traditions of spirituality. At the time though, I didn’t think of it as spiritual. I was looking for a form of exercise that didn’t involve lifting heavy weights or spending hours on a treadmill. I ...
Date: 2002-09-20
Precis: After a serious accident, the writer of this article practiced yoga to regain her health and strength. But there was still something that was missing. Her level of energy would not return to its pre-accident level. Without expecting ...
Date: 2001-08-01
When I first discovered yoga, I loved the way my body was left feeling relaxed yet full of energy, stronger but with a sense that went deeper than just my physical body. Yoga is a mystery to many people and most don’t know what to expect from their ...
By the time you read this I will have traveled to and returned from Hawaii — not for a vacation, but to give a workshop on the subject of the Sri Yantra, an important diagram for practitioners of some paths of Tantra. Its main image is that of nine ...
Sex. It’s one of the spiritual mysteries. You can’t really explain it. You have to experience it directly, much like all of the consciousness-expanding mysteries of both Eastern and Western traditions. So many creation stories have the universe ...
In the work of pranayama, the back is the blackboard, the air comes to write and the mind holds the chalk.— B.K.S. Iyengar What is more fundamental to life than breath itself? We do it without as much as a thought, but without it, we would not survive. I recently went to a wellness conference, where I sat in an excellent seminar about stress reduction. The moderator posed a question: “What is...
