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    The Lost City of Sri Krishna (Book Review)

    If one of the marks of an effective spiritual text is its ability to challenge our assumptions, then The Lost City meets this demand.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Book Reviews #Traditions #Yoga

    Wise-Love (Book Review)

    In her book, Pranada Comtois, devoted practitioner and teacher of the bhakti yoga tradition, takes her reader on an educational and self-reflective journey through the subtleties of bhakti yoga philosophy and practice.

    By Jessica Jagtiani
    #Philosophy #Traditions #Yoga

    Bhakti in Tarka

    To understand the word tarka or its importance, we must first retrace our steps to find the fundamental problem that we are trying to address through spiritual practice.

    By Kavitha Chinnaiyan
    #Traditions #Yoga

    Approaching the Beloved: Relating to Deities

    Within Hinduism, a traditional teaching regarding the bewildering diversity of divine forms is that the formless Supreme Being adopts many different guises as an act of compassion.

    By Ekabhumi Charles Ellik
    #Traditions #Yoga

    From the Faculty: Kavitha Chinnaiyan

    Devotion is the fuel for sādhana (spiritual practice), the sweet longing that inspires sitting for meditation, for ritual, for learning and teaching.

    By Kavitha Chinnaiyan
    #Traditions #Yoga

    From the Faculty: Shambhavi Sarasvati

    The more I experience being immersed in devotion, the more I appreciate any expressions of devotion from any tradition or none.

    By Shambhavi Sarasvati
    #Traditions #Yoga

    Iconography

    Images and text from Ekabhumi Charles Ellik. Previously published by Sounds True in The Bhakti Coloring Book (2018) and The Shakti Coloring Book (2015)

    By Ekabhumi Charles Ellik
    #Texts #Yoga

    The Yogas of the Bhagavad-Gītā

    Among the many subjects that Bhagavad-Gītā (BG) is known for, one is the synthesis of the different Upaniṣadic yoga practices. Due to their terse and often cryptic style, the Upaniṣads’ discourse on yoga reads more like a gloss on the subject rather than an accessible exposition.

    By Jay Jagannath Das
    #Traditions #Yoga

    Susanna Harwood Rubin on Pilgrimage, Kali & Cancer (#98)

    Susanna is a yoga teacher and author.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Practice #Yoga

    David Regelin on Teaching & Yoga Nonsense (#94)

    David is a popular NYC yoga teacher.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Traditions #Yoga

    Kenneth Rose on the Brain, Mystical Experience & Religious Studies (#86)

    Kenneth is a professor of Religion and Theology and author of “Yoga, Meditation and Mysticism.”

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Healing #Yoga

    Nikki Myers on Yoga for Recovery (#83)

    Nikki is the founder of Yoga for 12-Step Recovery.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Psychology #Yoga

    Bo Forbes on Diseases of Disembodiment (#81)

    Bo is a clinical psychologist and author.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Practice #Yoga

    Amy Matthews on Embodied Learning & Developmental Anatomy (#78)

    Amy is an anatomy teacher and co-author of “Yoga Anatomy.”

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Ethics #Yoga

    Andrea R. Jain on Cultural Appropriation & Essentializing Yoga (#71)

    Andrea is the author of “Selling Yoga” and is a scholar of modern yoga.

    By Jacob Kyle
    #Practice #Yoga

    Tias Little on the Subtle Body (#67)

    Tias is a popular yoga and meditation teacher.

    By Jacob Kyle
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