Love Is No Different Than the Presence
Most relationship pain is often the gap between what we expected and what actually showed up. Expectations can sound reasonable, but they can also pull us out of the moment. They put love in the future, as if it were something we have to earn or secure. In today’s...
From Reactive Perceiver to the Witnessing Presence that I AM
Most of our suffering is caused by the labels we place on it. This is good. That is bad. I am winning. I am failing. I belong. I am alone. The mind turns life into a courtroom, then forces you to pick a side. In the teaching below, Gurudev names this pattern clearly...
Deep Healing and Transformation through I AM Yoga Nidra™
When you internalize your attention through Yoga Nidra, you experience the pranic Being that you are. The mind cannot perceive it, yet you can feel its presence. When there is an absence of conflict and stress in the mind, the Being that was submerged begins to...
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...
The Unproductive Pursuit of Happiness: By Marty Simon (Govind)
Much of what we do, we do to make ourselves happier. Sometimes we do things just to be okay. We expend a lot of energy every day in this pursuit. So, the question is, if we are so devoted to making ourselves happier, why do we often experience unhappiness? Why after...
The Unique and Extraordinary Benefits of I AM Yoga: A Meditation-Based Practice
I AM Yoga, unlike many forms of yoga practiced primarily as a physical discipline, integrates meditation deeply into its core, offering profound mental, emotional, and spiritual benefits. While traditional yoga often emphasizes physical postures (asanas) and their...
Breaking Free from the Ego Mind’s Self-Deception: A Path to Liberation
By Gurudev Shri Amritji February 24, 2024 The transformative potential of I Am Yoga extends beyond physical health to encompass mental, emotional, and spiritual wellness. It emphasizes the journey from ego-driven perception to a unified experience of the present,...
When You Change Your Relationship With Yourself, Your Relationship With The Outer World Changes With You
Most people do not know that their relationship with their partner is mirroring the relationship they have with themselves. This relationship between you and yourself is built in the form of reactively built energy blocks in your feeling body in the form of attraction...
The Yoga of Relationships: A Partners Day Retreat for Nurturing Connection
January 21, 2024 REGISTER NOW The Yoga of Relationships: A Partners Day Retreat for Nurturing Connection With Gurudev Shri Amritji, Bhavaani Deanna Gray, RYT-500, Bhairav Curt Gibson, RYT 200 and Nirali Lauren McCrea Sunday, January 21st, 2024, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm ET...
Why Should We Meditate?
In the ordinary waking state, every thought is charged by your emotional reactions. Every perception is distorted by your anticipation and expectation of what is present. So everything you perceive at any given moment is distorted by personal biases, fears and...
Conscious Prosperity
Prosperity cannot be measured by possessions. It can be measured only by who you are in the process of attaining them. Most people ignore what they do to themselves because they’re driven exclusively by what they think they want from the world or others. They cling to...
The Difference between Sentimentality and Compassion
By definition, sentimentality is action and thought colored by emotion rather than reason. It appears to be rational, yet is confined by personal conditioning by the past. Reason is then rooted to a person’s conditioning, rather than to reality. Therefore all...
Liberation from Relationship Addiction
There are two types of addictions: attaching to pleasure and avoiding pain. Sex falls into both, and that is what makes it such a powerful force. It can numb us from experiencing what is present and distort our entire perception of reality. When sexual energies are...