Habits Are Habitat for the False Self

Written by Gurudev Shri AmritjiWe often think of habits as small behaviors that either help us or hold us back. Yet in yoga, habit is understood on a much deeper level. A habit is not only about what you do, it is about how your energy is being used, repeated, and...

Mental Calories: How Unseen Thoughts Weigh You Down

Written by Gurudev Shri AmritjiToday, we are careful about what we feed our physical bodies. We read labels, count calories, take supplements. But we do not apply the same care to what we mentally and emotionally feed ourselves. The thoughts we think, the judgments we...

The Root Illusion: You Think You Are Seeing the World, But You Are Seeing Your Past

Written by Gurudev Shri Amritji The ego-mind operates like a projector, not a camera. It doesn’t take in life objectively—it throws out old film reels onto the present moment, coloring your perception with past emotional memory. Every time you say, “I know what this...

Where 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.

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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...

Love Is No Different Than the Presence

When you are with your beloved, you really want to be with them. “Am I with you? Are you with me?” It’s better to ask than to wonder. Yet when you think about them, you move away from them. How then can you be with them? Only when you are present and feel their...

Stress Reduction through Yoga

When you are fully present, the simple joy of living and interacting with life arises spontaneously from moment to moment. Your ability to be fully present and experience a deep sense of health, happiness, and wellbeing depends upon the homeostatic, co-creative...

Experience the Healing Miracles of Yoga Nidra

Can this ancient meditation technique neutralize the epidemic of stress? Stress has ballooned to an incredible $1 trillion health epidemic, according to Peter Schnall’s book Unhealthy Work. That’s more expensive than the combined cost of cancer, smoking, diabetes, and...

Rest, Reset and Recharge

Wouldn’t you like to give yourself the gift of a recharge- so that you feel better and have more to give to the people in your life that you love? Stress created illnesses are at an all-time high!  Our modern-day society places a lot of emphasis on our mental...