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The definition of “Yoga” is “Union”. In a traditional sense, it is the seeking of the “re-unification of the individual self with the One Universal Supreme Self”. Yoga is a path of Self-Discovery and self-improvement. There are a wide variety of practices that can benefit us in most any area of our lives when we [...]

(Written October 20th, 2011) Yesterday, for the first time in my life (that I am at least consciously aware of) I spent an entire day from waking to bedtime, without uttering a single word. This was part of a day of silence in the Ashram, so almost everyone participated. Although, most people began speaking again [...]

The first time I came to India, back in the Summer of 2007, I came with great expectations of India being a land of great spirituality. A place where everyone would be connected to their spiritual history and a deeper path of spirituality through yoga. This, of course, was naive. What I quickly discovered, initially [...]

Discover the ways that Karma pulls our attention into the world, distracting us from our deeper Spiritual Nature and thus how Karma keeps us search for happiness outside of our own Self. Explore the need to turn our awareness within, so we can directly experience our True Nature and the innate Joy and Bliss which [...]

I suspect today’s blog post may be controversial, but perhaps the collective consciousness will welcome it. It has all the great qualities of any good drama. We have the antagonist of Patriarchy, and the protagonist of the Feminine Essence. We have battles of power, suppression, and the counter attack. We also have some metaphysical twists [...]

There is a lot of talk these days about Kundalini. What is it? Sometimes labeled “Sexual Energy”, Kundalini is in fact much more than this. Kundalini is the Full Creative power which resides within each one of us as Unlimited Potential. When awakened, it begins a new phase of transformation for the spiritual aspirant. The [...]

Discusses Neo-Tantra, Sacred Sexuality or Western Tantra as a modern tool for erotic/sexual healing and relationship enhancement in context with the fuller Tradition of Tantra Yoga as a Spiritual Path.  Discover a deeper understanding of Sexual energy in the path of Tantra Yoga. This is Part 2 of a 6 part video series on Tantra as [...]

What Defines Tantra Yoga as “Tantric”?  What is unique about its approach compared to other types of Yoga?                           All types of Yoga when practiced as a spiritual path seek a common goal, although the goal itself may have different labels.  Nirvana, Heaven, Self-realization, and Enlightenment are all the same goal from different traditions, which are [...]

There are moments in life where Nature, the moment, brings about a glimpse of Beauty, of profound mystery.  Many things we can explain with science, but the Tantric quest is to discover the causeless-cause of the Self as Consciousness which is beyond all things.  To discover the Divine essence that is your own Nature and to [...]