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Yoga is effective for reducing shoulder pain, reducing stress, boosting immunity, improving circulation and more. I know this to be true. A long time ago in a far-away land (New York City) I had a vision that teaching Yoga would be a quiet, peaceful, and tranquil career in guiding mindful souls to spiritual enlightenment. Fast forward to the reality of braving rush hour and crossing freeways to share my passion to inspire an awakening within my students and help them access their highest self. MORE
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In this video, Integral Yoga master teacher Nalanie Chellaram talks about the five kleshas as taught in the Yoga Sutras. The kleshas cause us suffering and hold us back on our spiritual journey. Principal among these is avidya, ignorance. Avidya is the cause of the other four kleshas: egoism, attachment, aversion and clinging to bodily life. Nalanie also talks about the different phases of becoming a yogi, including non-attachment and understanding the spirit.
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Let’s talk about who Dhritarashtra is. He’s the ruler of the country. He’s also blind, a metaphor in the Gita for spiritual blindness. You can be a good king when you’re a blind man, but his blindness isn’t limited to his physical eyes. His eyes, which represent individual consciousness, also can’t see or at least can’t see straight. Blindness here means that even though we’ve know so much we still tend to look outside for our fulfillment, even though we know that’s not going to happen. MORE
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Global Yoga Therapy Day (GYTD) is a collaborative global marketing and educational effort for the field of Yoga Therapy. This weekend (GYTD) is hosting an online conference featuring Dr. Dean Ornish, Dr. Shirley Telles, Dr. Ananda Bhavanani, among other Yoga Therapy trailblazers. Yoga therapists from the Integral Yoga tradition, including Dr. Mala Cunningham, Rev. Jivana Heyman and Joann Lutz are also speakers. This year's conference theme is "Therapy for the Ages." Register here.
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Inspiring Meme of the Week
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