Are You Even Listening?

Are You Even Listening?

ॐ सह नाववतु । सह नौ भुनक्तु । सह वीर्यं करवावहै । तेजस्वि नावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥  oṃ saha nāvavatu |saha nau bhunaktu |saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai |tejasvi nāvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai ||oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ ||   Accept us both...
Be Here, Not There

Be Here, Not There

अथ योगानुशासनम् ॥ १.१ ॥ atha yogānuśāsanam || 1.1 || Now, the exposition on Yoga. Recently at a playground my friend was pushing their child on the swing and another parent was supervising their child close by. As the other child was getting closer to the swing the...
Yoga And Ayurveda Is All About Śiva

Yoga And Ayurveda Is All About Śiva

शिवोऽहम् Śivo’ham Śivaḥ + aham becomes Śivo’ham.  Śiva means the auspicious one, pure consciousness. Aham means I am. So when we say “Śivo’ham,” it translates to “I am Śiva” or “I am pure consciousness.” We are not claiming to be a god; it is the deepest Self...
Nothing To Gain and Nothing To Lose

Nothing To Gain and Nothing To Lose

One of the first spiritual scriptures I’ve had contact with was a small version of a Buddhist text in Pali, with German translation, was the Dhammapada. I would carry it around as a teenager,I guess I tried to look spiritual reading it in school and on the street....
All That Counts

All That Counts

यमनियमासनप्राणायामप्रत्याहारधारणाध्यानसमाधयोऽष्टावङ्गानि ॥ २.२९॥ yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyāhāradhāraṇādhyānasamādhayo’ṣṭāvaṅgāni  The eight auxiliaries are: Yama (restraint), Niyama (observance), Asana (posture), Prānāyāma (breath-control), Pratyāhāra...