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Mantra: The Power of Word Mantra is Sanskrit for a word or phrase that the yogi repeats during practice or meditation. Its benefits include anything from improved concentration to “feats making the impossible possible,” according to Dr. Gautam Chatterjee, a prolific author who coined the term positive mantra. An empowering and healing word-based mantra starts as a
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https://www.asanajournal.com/enter-the-master-enter-the-child/
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Yoga Inspirationals number 52, first published in DOYOUYOGA.COM, July 5, 2016. Coaching may seem a little controlling and something unnecessary when we’re talking about the behavior of independent adults, but in yoga space, coaching is not about independence; rather, it’s about cooperation. Because cooperation is not a universal trait, many yoga studios resort to posting
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Today, spiritual notions of integrated unitary consciousness are popular but suspect. Some people require facts, and without verifiable facts proving esoteric dimensions, will dismiss such notions and think of consciousness and chakra activation as nothing but wild speculation. But quantum studies in the subatomic realm more than suggest that everything is composed of vibrational energy
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The Christian church used to be central to my life, vocation, and identity but it’s not anymore. Still, I bring my past theological training to my yoga practice and on occasion I remember a word or idea from my past to interpret how I express and experience yoga. I think of a scriptural passage where
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https://www.asanajournal.com/a-parable-of-unmaking/
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I hope many of you can steer your way to attend one or all three YOGA TEMPLE workshops at MOTTO YOGA. TITLE: YOGA TEMPLE: Embodying the Healing Grace of Yoga WHAT: An integrative workshop series exploring Christian and Eastern thought / tradition. Workshops will embrace: asana, pranayama, philosophy, and experimental movement. WHY: To address
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TITLE YOGA TEMPLE: Embodying the Healing Grace of Yoga WHAT An integrative workshop series exploring Christian tradition and yogic tradition. WHY To address spiritual dimensions inherent in yoga. WHO Anyone with questions about spirituality, faith, belief, and yoga.
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“It is quite possible that India is the real world and that the white man lives in a madhouse of abstractions. In India, the whole body still lives.” Carl Jung 1938 When you engage with yoga, it will slowly render the surface self-transparent and lead to the excavation of an underlying divinity. It will build
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So does yoga ruin lives? Yes. But there are many ways to interpret this. Read about it and follow the link at the end of the short article to the video. https://www.elephantjournal.com/2017/10/how-yoga-ruins-our-lives/
GREGORY ORMSON'S Notes, Articles, Blogs, Vlogs Gregory Ormson writes from the ecotone, the vibrant intersections of landscape, spirituality, and physical presence. His essays and poems have appeared in literary journals, anthologies, and print magazines. Author of *Yoga Song* and other works, Ormson blends lyrical observation with grounded reflection drawn from his Midwestern roots and global travels. He lives in Arizona and Wisconsin, seeking stillness where stories emerge like bears. 