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The Benefit of Boring by Catherine Striegel
I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for my nine-month-old daughter since the day she was born, and I can tell you that before she was born, I had a significant amount of fear surrounding this prospect. I was afraid of being bored, afraid that my mind would turn to mush,...
read moreSpontaneous Yoga – recorded by Yoganand and edited by Lily Gretz
When I was at Kripalu, I lived in a building back up on the hill, in the woods. Nearby, there dwelled a big, white, stray cat, and that cat would sometimes bring us presents. On one particular occasion, I found the cat wandering around inside the building with a...
read moreYoganand Michael Carroll – Posture Flow 1984
Dear friends, I recently rediscovered a short video of me demonstrating yoga postures that was recorded in 1984. I believe it was the only video ever recorded of me doing this. I fixed it up a little and put it on YouTube. Check it out and pass it on to anyone who...
read moreMy Journey to YTT by Amber Seale
It started with a maybe…maybe I will teach yoga after YTT. To be honest, I wasn’t certain if I would teach after my training. My original intent was a deeper dive for my personal practice, an exploration of my love of yoga to learn more about myself. It seems the...
read moreWhen One Door Closes, Another Opens By Amanda Trevelino
“INDIA is an acronym for I’ll Never Do It Again,” said my ninth-grade son. In that moment, I vowed to love India; it wouldn’t make me say such a thing. Now that I’ve had a reality check, I’ll admit the country will test a person. But the unpleasantness can be poetic,...
read moreCourage by Amy Necci
My word of 2018 is courage. Each January, I choose a word that speaks to my intentions for the coming year. I started doing this when a friend recommended the book One Word That Will Change Your Life by Jon Gordon, Dan Britton, and Jimmy Page. My attention goes to...
read moreTrue North by Lori Henry
I recently listened to a podcast interview with a well-known and long-time Ashtanga teacher, and I was struck by the comment he made that he’s “just a beginner in this thing.” I was very intrigued by the teacher’s journey through deep meditation practice, traveling...
read moreAn Interview with Steve Wolf about Yoga Nidra
Tell us about your journey to Yoga Nidra: My journey with Yoga Nidra began In 2003 when a yoga teacher lent me the book “Yoga Nidra” by Swami Saraswati. Around the same time I was exposed to recordings by Rod Stryker who was one of the pioneers in popularizing the...
read morePersonal Yoga Practice as a New Mother by Catherine Striegel
One of the most valuable gifts of my Pranakriya yoga teacher training was the development of a personal yoga practice. The requirement that I practice by myself for at least an hour several times a week was initially daunting. However, it eventually turned into an...
read moreYoganand Shares the Yamas & Niyamas: Swadhyaya
Swadhyaya (also spelled svadhyaya) is a compound word: Swa- self, or one’s own self, and Dhyaya- a lesson, lecture, reading. A basic translation is to ‘study the self.’ In the earliest stage of Indian philosophy and religion, Vedic Brahmanism meant to learn the Vedas,...
read moreQ&A with Swami Kriplau
This month we are looking at a question posed to Swami Kriplau about the idea of Brahmacharya - moderation. Question to Swami Kripalu: Explain the significance of bramacharya on our path. Answer: The great power attained through kundalini yoga can only be attained...
read moreLessons from Nature by Lori Henry
Have you ever had the experience of something important hitting you unexpectedly? Maybe a light bulb moment or a revelation? I had an experience like that a few months ago. What grabbed my attention that day was a patch of bramble. It was a fairly chilly day in the...
read moreBhagavad Gita Overview Spoken by Yoganand, Edited by Lily Gretz
Bhagavad Gita literally translates as “song of God.” Gita means song, Bhagavad means God. Bhaga means womb, vad means abode or foundation. It literally means “the womb of the universe,” “the womb of everything that is,” or the prime abode, the source. It is the...
read moreCultivating a Loving Pause by Catherine Striegel
I spent the first several weeks of my daughter’s life measuring my success as a first-time mother, and her well-being, by how much she cried. My every waking moment (and half asleep moments) quickly became a blur of acting in prediction that she might cry, reacting to...
read moreYoganand Shares the Yamas & Niyamas: Asteya
Yoganand Shares the Yamas & Niyamas: Asteya Unlike the yamas so far, Asteya does not have an ancient spiritual heritage inside Hinduism. Stealing is condemned in the Vedas, but there isn’t much about the virtue of not stealing. Honesty shows up a few times but...
read moreQ&A with Swami Kripalu during his time at Sumneytown, PA
This month we are looking at a question posed to Swami Kriplau about practical ways to control desire. Question to Swami Kripalu: What are some practical ways to control desires? Answer: Self observation is the key. This is the sum total of the entire spiritual...
read moreMeet Guest Writer Catherine Striegel
This year we invited PK teachers to share thoughts, stories and articles with us. As a way of introduction, we asked each writer to share their answers to the following questions: what brought you to the mat as a student and teacher? what inspires you to keep...
read moreQ&A with Swami Kripalu from his time at Sumneytown
Question to Swami Kripalu: You told us that strong prana is necessary to succeed in yoga. How can I develop strong prana? Answer: Prana can be strengthened in many different ways. Each seeker is different and the correct method should be used for each seeker....
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