The Hidden Split Your Body Remembers What Your Mind Forgot
Written by Gurudev Shri Amritji The Futility of Mental Control in Meditation Many seekers approach meditation with the idea that they must control the mind: pushing away thoughts, silencing mental noise, and achieving a kind of inner perfection through effort. But...
Forgiveness and the Truth That Sets You Free
Excerpt from Gurudev Shri Amritji | Dictation: May 28, 2025 In the practice of I AM Yoga®, I say: when someone offends you and you are able to forgive them, it means you have come to a place of inner purity. You are no longer participating in the conflict or...
Gurudev Shri Amritji Elected to the World Yoga Congress Board
Yoga Vidya, Germany | April 25–28, 2025 We are pleased to share that Gurudev Shri Amritji was recently invited to serve as a presenter at the World Yoga Congress, held at Yoga Vidya in Germany from April 25–28, 2025. He was joined by Kamini Desai, PhD, and Nirali...
Connecting to the Power of Prana through the Posture of Consciousness and Meditation in Motion
Posture of Consciousness The first part of the Posture of Consciousness is performed with integrative intention and deliberate action. Usually, when postures are practiced only as a physical discipline, you are facing fears that hold you back, not the body. In this...
The Esoteric Depths of Yoga Nidra
Everything you can see, feel, and experience is made up of energy. All matter, all experiences, all sensations, all life-giving and autonomic functions are carried out through energy’s innate intelligence in accordance with universal law. This means that the same...
Creating an Internal, Safe Space for Healing with Yoga Nidra
Trauma is injury to the nervous system. The impact of the event flooded our systems with too much, too fast, too soon. Without the right tools, time and space to make sense of the event and assimilate, the unresolved memory replays itself over and over again inside...
Replenish and Re-energize with Yoga Nidra
Yoga Nidra is a practice that can help replenish and re-energize our systems in real time, helping to offset the inherent risks associated with chronic, long-term stress accumulation. Not all stress is bad and can be as simple as a demand on the system that propels us...
Stress & Stress-Related Symptoms
Unchecked chronic stress eventually creates the appropriate conditions for stress-related imbalances to show up in various forms, often in clusters such as anxiety and insomnia, chronic pain and immune disorders, digestive problems and brain fog. We know these...
Read moreWhere physical flexibility ends, physical, mental, and emotional balance and peace of mind begins. Western yoga will survive the ebb from the first wave of popularity if it matures and evolves by returning to its roots in the East.
Make Your New Year’s Resolution – Minus the Guilt
How many of us have told ourselves year after year, “Starting Jan 2nd I’m going to lose that extra 10 lbs.,” or “I’ll stop eating sugar.” Maybe we even succeed – for a month or two. Then perhaps we have to work overtime and miss a few days at the gym. We go to a party...
Balance Your Energy With Hatha Yoga
Anatomy of Energy The energy system of the body consists of the chakras and in the center of the chakras there is a central channel called the Shushumna. There are 2 sides of this energy system called Pingala and Ida and when they are in balance the energy moves to...
3 Yoga Poses for Anxiety Relief
Yoga is not just good for your body. Every time you practice yoga, you are building your immunity to anxiety and stress. Here are the 3 best yoga poses for anxiety relief.
Yoga Therapy: A “Sensation-al” Experience
Yoga Therapy: Working with the Psychology of the Body Often, when we think of Yoga, we envision people contorting their bodies into crazy pretzel-like positions or hot, sweaty stamina building classes. While this kind of Yoga has become popular in Western society,...