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Posted in Chronic stress, Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, asana, be happy, body awareness, energy, gratitude, great and good things for you, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged Blissful Body Yoga, blogs, CafePress.com, Design, Graphic designer, Health, Meditation, shopping, t-shirts, yoga, yoga blogs on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
Smoothing Out the Waves: Meditation Methods
Posted in Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, Still the mind with simple meditation techniques, asana, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged asana, Brain, Breathing, Health, Meditation, Raja Yoga, Sensation, Sense, sivasana, walking, walking meditation, yoga on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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What to do with a wavy, wavy mind…
So, in my last post I talked about the wavy, fluctuating nature of mind and how it can create a lot of confusion, feelings of separation, and general suffering of all sorts. So, what can we do about all that? [...]
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 [...]
3 Simple Things for Your New Year
Posted in 3 Simple Things for Your New Year, Kripalu yoga, Mantras, Om, asana, body awareness, healthy living, meditation techniques, yoga, tagged Breathing, Chronic stress, Dehydration, Drink, Drinking water, Health, Human rib cage, losing weight, sleep, sleep deprivation, Stress, Water, Weight loss on January 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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A New Year, a fresh start, opportunities to do and be more of the things we are always dreaming of. It is an amazing energy, but it can also leave us feeling a little overwhelmed and wondering where to begin. As a yoga teacher, I get a lot of questions throughout the [...]
