Mymom called me the other night. She gets together with this awesomegroup of women who have the most incredible parties. Their big one isin June, and it’s called Estrofest…it’s quite an extravaganza. Anyway,they are having a “Goddess Party” this weekend and she, and mysis-in-law, were asking for some ideas for goddesses. I was just goingto [...]
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Get in Touch with Your Inner Goddess
Posted in Buddhism, awakening, be happy, body awareness, chanting, goddess, goddesses in everywoman, great and good things for you, seasonal changes, wellness, yoga, tagged aphrodite, artemis, demeter, durga, goddesses, green tara, Hatha yoga, hestia, Hindu deities, India, isis, Religion and Spirituality, rituals, saraswati, Self-empowerment, self-esteem, women's issues on September 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Monday Mantra – August 19, 2008
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, asana, body awareness, chanting, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged Hindu, Hinduism, India, Lord Shiva, Mantra, om namah shivya, Shiva, transformational on August 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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Another Monday Mantra…on Tuesday. Do you think the Universe is trying to tell me something? Honestly, I tried to carve out a bit of time yesterday for this post, but it just didn’t happen. Mondays are always just so busy. But, I love it, because the Universe does have a sense of [...]
A Mantra for Monday
Posted in Mantras, Om, chanting, deva premal, meditation techniques, om namo bhagavate vasudeva, yoga, tagged bija, chanting, deva premal, Hinduism, Mantra, om namo bhagavate vasudeva, sacred sound, singing, yoga on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a day late, but hey, what’s a day in the great expanse of consciousness….
I’ve talked a little about Mantra, now here is my very favorite. I chant it every day and it brings great peace to my life. Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudeva, can be translated: I Bow to That Which Sustains Me. [...]
Monkeys & Mantras
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, chanting, healthy living, meditation techniques, monkey mind, yoga, tagged Aum, Buddhism, Hindu, Kathmandu, Mantra, Mind on August 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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In my last two posts I likened the ever fluctuating nature of Mind to the ever changing movements of ocean waves. “Monkey Mind” is another widely used metaphor for the frantic, sometimes seemingly haphazard trajectories of our thoughts. I like this one because, well, my mind at times really [...]
Do You Have The Citta Vrttis?
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, Stilling our wavey minds, asana, body awareness, chanting, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged asana, Hatha yoga, Meditation, meditation techniques, Patañjali, Raja Yoga, Tada drastuh svarupe vastanam, yoga, Yoga Citta Vrtti Narodhaha, Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, Yoga Sutras on July 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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When I lived in Houston my morning walk took me down a long boardwalk overlooking an inland waterway connected to the Gulf. One morning as I passed by, the water was woven into an undecipherable pattern of tiny, fluctuating waves. I stopped on the edge of the boardwalk and sat down. I [...]
Happy St. Patty’s Day: Blessings from an Irish Yogini
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, asana, body awareness, chanting, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged Bless you, CafePress.com, Ireland, Irish American, irish blessing, Irish language, Namaste, prayer, st. paddy, st. patrick's day, yoga on March 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A wee Irish Blessing for all my fellow Irish Yogis and Yoginis out there:
May there always be work for your hands to do,
May your purse always hold a coin or two,
May the sun always shine on your window pane,
May a rainbow be certain to follow each rain,
May the hand of a friend always be near [...]
