“If you are really charged with prana, you can send it long distances by
thought alone.”–Swami Satchidananda
With this issue, Integral Yoga eMagazine returns from hiatus as a monthly. We hope you will continue to enjoy the Magazine in this format, as well as via IntegralYogaMagazine.org.
Everything in creation is so beautiful.What do you want to create? If your goal is to be useful to humanity, then it’s a creative goal. In fact, simply by thinking, we’re always creating something. But, our creation, our goal, should be useful to people. With that type of goal, you can do anything you want. The best creativity is to create within you a pure, calm, and serene mind. Create that. With that calm mind, whatever you create will be wonderful.MORE
As Thay would say, “Because we have seen the path, we have nothing more to fear.” We know our direction in life, we know what to do, and what not to do to relieve suffering in ourselves, in others, and in the world; and we know the art of stopping, looking deeply, and generating true joy and happiness.” Now is a moment to come back to our mindful breathing and walking, to generate the energy of peace, compassion, and gratitude to offer our beloved Teacher. It is a moment to take refuge in our spiritual friends, our local sanghas and community, and each other. MORE
There is no greater force than love — to heal broken hearts, to restore broken lives, to reignite the will to persevere in the face of hardships. It is a basic human need to feel cherished and valued, to feel that one is truly seen and understood, and that one’s life has meaning and purpose. Not only can we offer this to one another; it’s part of our dharma, our duty, to do so. We are an interdependent species; our existence depends on mutual support. MORE
Enjoy this newly discovered video of the late great Jazz virtuoso, musician and composer, Alice Coltrane (Swamini Turiyasangitananda) recorded live at Satchidananda Ashram–Yogaville. In 1993. Swamini performed live for her beloved Guru, Sri Swami Satchidananda and the Yogaville community. After opening with her soul-stirring composition “Journey In Satchidananda” on harp, she was joined by Swami Gurucharanananda (Mataji) on violin. Watch here.
Here is my radical proposition: All attempts at growth motivated by disguised self-hatred ultimately fail, and often cause harm. Being “good enough” is only a thought, a mental construct. Nobody can be “good enough,” because that’s just a thought. If we imagine some way we should be, and then we berate ourselves for not living up to how we imagine we should be, that is just this bizarre thing the mind does of beating itself up. Sometimes it does that because of childhood conditioning. MORE
There’s no doubt that Patanjali intended brahmacarya (brahmacharya) to mean “celibacy.” He wrote for and to young men who were monks in training. Let’s break the word down just a bit. Brahma means God, specifically the God of creation. And it also is a shortened form of Brahman, The Absolute, used in compounds. Carya derives from the verbal root car which means to behave, act, conduct oneself, live, move. So, it literally means to carry oneself as God, or to move about as God... MORE
