Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is considered the classical text on yoga. In this sacred text, Patanjali defines yoga as the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind field. In simple terms, we might say that yoga is training the mind to stay in one place instead of bouncing all over. The results of this training, Patanjali […]
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My spouse and I have a row of day lilies that bloom every summer. One of our favorite past times is sitting on the porch, hot morning drink in hand, and watching in awe as petals open to the sun. This year we planned a vacation, not realizing that it would coincide with blooming time.
For those of you who were at the informational meeting on the upcoming trip to India, our guest was ½ hour late. It was a strange occurrence, as she gave herself 4 hours to arrive from the cities (getting stuck in downpours of rain and construction) and reported to me later that she is never
My spouse married a young couple this weekend. In his sermon, he used the metaphor of “crossing the aisle”. Seems this couple had sat on opposite sides of the church until one day, the young man decided to switch sides and move towards the young woman. This crossing led to the eventual commitment of these
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My spouse married a young couple this weekend. In his sermon, he used the metaphor of “crossing the aisle”. Seems this couple had sat on opposite sides of the church until one day, the young man decided to switch sides and move towards the young woman. This crossing led to the eventual commitment of these
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Friday, July 15, is the holy day of Guru Purnima, the day of honoring the Guru. This holiday lands on the 1st full moon in July. Traditionally, in the Guru/Student relationship, the student gathers a bundle of sticks and offers them to the teacher. The sticks represent all the internal obstacles that keep this student
A “timeless” month was more than I could feel safe in. But I had bounded myself away from calendars, as well as conversation. As fate would have it, I had serendipitously stashed away four dark chocolate bars in my suitcase. I devised a plan whereby I would eat one bar per week, and each week
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I made two daily time commitments for this month of silence. The first was to make the short outdoor hike to the meditation hall for a sunrise fire. The second commitment was to repeat this process at sunset. Morning and evening, sunrise and sunset, fire and meditation; this was the rhythm that contained and created
