Explication of the Bhagavad Gita: Chapter 2, Verse 47
So much of our stress begins long before anything happens. We carry a picture of how life should go, what our work should bring, and what effort should guarantee. Then when life moves another way, we call it failure. In this teaching on Bhagavad Gita 2:47, Gurudev...
The Body-Mind is an Extension of Your Soul
Why do the same painful patterns keep returning, even when the people and situations look different? Gurudev reminds us that what repeats in our lives is often not the outer event, but the inner reaction we carry. When old memory, fear, or hurt stays unconscious, it...
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...
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...
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...