You’re Asking The Wrong Question
People, teachers and students alike, always ask the wrong question when it comes to yoga. Myself included. The wrong question is: What kind of yoga do you teach…
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A Rose By Any Other Name . . . .
At Gurudev’s 85th birthday, he awarded me and eight others the title of Senior Teacher of the Lineage. During Gurudev’s 90th birthday gala last weekend, he awarded me…
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Gurudev’s Birthday
This weekend we celebrated the 90th birthday of my guru, Yogi Amrit Desai, whom I call Gurudev which means beloved guru. This man has forever changed my life….
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Anugraha—Grace
Just a quick note from the midst of Yoga Therapy Training with the Amrit Yoga Institute. As some of you know, while attempting the very dangerous "Tie My…
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A Modern Yogi
Earlier, I wrote this post on Facebook: I woke at 3am. "When you wake in the middle of the night and you’re just awake, it means God has…
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The Great Secret
During Sunday’s satsang I spoke about the Great and Terrible Secret of Yoga. The secret itself is simple: Consciousness is unchanging. Krishna puts it to Arjuna this way:…
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For the Love of Maya
Maya is Illusion. It has the power to make the impossible appear possible. I started reading Dasbodh which is a series of dialogs between Samartha Ramdas and his…
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Stop. Focus. Feel.
Good morning! Some of you know that I have been writing a book for a little over year now. It’s now down to the last 15 or so…
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Welcome Hૐ
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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When a House Becomes a Hૐ
Yesterday, I wrote that postures are not yoga. I went so far as to claim that none of Patanjali’s Eight Limbs of Yoga—Yama, Niyama, Posture, Breath, Inward Focus,…
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