Yoga Citta Vṛtti Nirodhaḥ: Finding Inner Stillness Through Tea
In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, the second sutra offers a profound definition of yoga: “Yoga citta vṛtti nirodhaḥ”“Yoga is the cessation of the fluctuations of the mind.” This simple yet powerful phrase reminds us that yoga is not just about physical postures but about quieting the constant movement of thoughts. In a world filled […]
Are you Saying ‘YES’ to Life?
Are you saying ‘Yes’ to life or is it more likely ‘No’? Do you have a resistance pattern where you constantly say ‘No’ to life? If you do, you are not alone. The majority of people do not say ‘Yes’ to life. The pattern of resistance is in us and in some of us pretty […]
Meditation on Light: Illuminating the Inner Self
To meditate on light as Vallalar Ramalinga Swamigal taught: . . This practice purifies the mind, awakens higher consciousness, and aligns one with the universal light of creation.
How to Love Yourself?
To find out how to love yourself we first need to look at energy. We all are not mere beings made of flesh and blood but energy beings. Our emotions reflect different frequencies in our energies. We are also able to block the energy flow in our body mind system. Calibration gives us information about […]
Blissful Beyond Happiness
Meditation is for You Why do you want to stay in a state of suffering if through meditation you can get out of it? Why do you want to experience the ups and downs in your moods (which are merely thoughts), if you can go beyond them through meditation? Who creates our positive and negative […]
Peaceful Inner Space
Many talk about peace, world peace. Few realize that global peace can only come through our own efforts to inner peace. Inner peace where no thought waves disturb us anymore; any agitation in our mind is violence. Peaceful beings at heart are not disturbed by any outer circumstances or people. In their presence other restless […]
Take Responsibility, Stop Blaming
Who doesn’t hate that ugly index finger pointing at you followed by the words: “You! You! You…!” accompanied by a list of what you are blamed for instead of the blamer taking responsibility. It’s an easier lifestyle to blame others. Then we don’t have to do anything but to watch how everything around us falls […]
Overcome Conditioning – Step into Your True Self!
Someone asked me: Why do we not naturally embody our best, highest, and true selves without effort? What internal elements prevent us from being the people we want to be? Great question! A bird that is used to stay in a cage does not fly out even when the cage door is open. This is […]
Be A Mouna Yogi Meditation
Be a mouna yogi, someone who has withdrawn from verbal communication, who has attained stillness within, no thoughts, no patterns, no conditioning, no beliefs that could possibly be of any disturbance to the peace of the mind. The more these are removed, more and more inner stillness spreads. Inner stillness, peace, shanta comes from practices […]
Competition and the 5th Chakra
Competition is comparison and jealousy which blocks the 5th chakra, the vishuddhi or throat chakra. This chakra when open is the creative energy for artists, writers, speakers, etc. When we feel not good enough, it again blocks the throat chakra. To not fall into the comparison/competition trap as taught by society related to negative emotions […]