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On Wednesday, I wrote that poses aren’t yoga like a hammer isn’t a house. Yesterday, I wrote that yoga is a common, ordinary, everyday experience.  Those last two…

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Guru Purnima 2018

Today is Guru Purnima.  It’s a day to celebrate one’s external guru and the Sadhguru, the True Guru, that we each are.  Here’s a brief write up about…

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Maha Shivratri

Today is the second to the last waning crescent moon before the last new moon of winter.  Tonight and tomorrow are the celebration of Maha Shivratri.  Now, why…

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An Auspicious Day

Today is the anniversary of an auspicious day for Bhakti House, the Amrit Yoga Institute and for thousands of devotees and followers of Swami Kripalu—known as Bapuji—around the…

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The Problem with Celebrity

Why was yoga originally taught individually, from guru to disciple? Because teaching someone yoga is requiring the student to walk naked and barefoot through the fires of hell. …

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Bapuji

Bapuji, also known as Swami Kripalu or Swami Kripalvanandji, was my guru’s guru.  Today is the anniversary of his Mahasamadhi, the day he passed out of this life. …

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