January 2013
Next Page »Agni: The Key to Good Digestion
by Dave Lesinski In a day and age in which many people struggle with digestive disturbances, it is important to introduce the Ayurvedic concept of agni. Gluten intolerance, candida, food allergies, bloating, gas, brain fog, fatigue and more can all be connected to an imbalanced agni. Agni, which is the Sanskrit word for fire, refers […]
Noble Silence
The sign on the classroom door reads, “Please observe noble silence.” What exactly, though, is “noble silence”? And what is this sign asking us to do? “Noble silence” was first used by the Buddha and is described as follows by Spirituality and Practice: “Listening takes place not just through the ears, but with all the […]
We Are All One
By Amanda Hessling The liberation of my body and soul, the Jivamukti, has been through the practice of karma yoga, the offering of the fruit of one’s actions to the Whole, the One, the Divine. When I first arrived at Karma Yoga, I did not know what ‘karma yoga’ truly meant. I knew […]
Acceptance Can Turn Obstacles Into Inspiration
By Allison Stuart Kaplan A month ago, a student in my yoga class requested to speak with me. “Allison, you are so strong”, she said. “Yet, I sense you’ve had many challenges in your life. Where does your strength and happiness come from?” “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Albert […]
Gotta Kundalini
By Michael Sosin I am addicted to Kundalini Yoga. It has been a force in opening me to the possibilities that come with living with an open heart and an honest intention. In March, I was struggling. I had separated from my ex-wife, with whom I have three children. The divorce was pending, a life […]
Core Strengthening
A few years ago I injured my lower back in a yoga class. It was one of those things that had been waiting to happen for several months and it has led to some interesting and important discoveries about the function of our abdominal muscles and those related to our core. Those of you who […]
Healing Our Heart Chakra: Feeling Rejected, Abandoned, Unloved, Unimportant?
[I want to share this beautiful post from ASKInYourFace.com, a wildly successful website for women by Karma's own Allison Kaplan. It first appeared there on October 4, 2012 and has generated tons of traffic. Enjoy!] Heal your heart with love! Have you ever been stood up, left hanging, left waiting and wondering? No call, no apology, […]
Expectations Make Life Messy and Get in the Way
A long time ago someone wise once shared with me some brilliant knowledge: “Expectations are resentments under construction.” It was such enlightening and freeing information for me during a crucial turning point in my life’s journey. For as long as I can remember before some self-revealing, resolving, healing and evolving work, I always looked outside […]
It Doesn’t Matter What Flavor of Yoga You Practice
People often ask what kind of yoga I teach. In the midst of the explosion of yoga styles and innovative forms (yoga and swimming, flying yoga, Zumba and yoga, hip-hop yoga, hot yoga, vinyasa, etc.), this is an interesting question to try to answer. “Basic” or “fundamental hatha” yoga are somewhat bland, generic descriptions. And, […]
Beginning Yoga with Virginia Woolf
By Betsy Cohn I first experienced yoga in 1986 as a senior at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, in a course called “Psychology and Religion.” It was a course that people took because it was easy, unless it coincided with a painful transition, as it did with me. This experience shook me to my core […]
