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Ashtanga Yoga founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915—2009) dedicated his life to yoga. A longtime students remember the love and wisdom he offered. Big Yogi, Little Yogi In 1972 fellow yogi Norman Allen and I saw Manju Jois demonstrate the first series in Pondicherry. It blew my mind! Like a detective searching India for the [...]
Sutra Commentary: The meaning of “OM” By Ally Ford Yoga Sutra 1.28 That (the word Om) should be repeated while contemplating its meaning. Tajjapaha tadartha bhavanam Why do we chant Om? In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali tells us that Om (pronounced A-U-M) is the designator for Isvara, and Isvara is the highest level of consciousness [...]
Featured Studio of the Month – White Orchid Yoga By: Deb Bobier (YogaBoundDeb) With the launch of my new site design we added a new feature, Studio of the Month. It is my pleasure to feature “White Orchid Yoga” Clearwater, Florida as this months Studio of the Month. I chose to feature White Orchid as the [...]
The Book of the Spiritual Man, An Interpretation By Charles Johnston, Bengal Civil Service, Retired; Indian Civil Service, Sanskrit Prizeman; Dublin University, Sanskrit Prizeman Book I Book II Book III Book IV Introduction to Book I The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are in themselves exceedingly brief, less than ten pages of large type in the [...]
Spirituality is the realization of the Universality of Truth, and the experience of bliss. It is an opportunity to realize, and become conscious of a Supreme Reality. And Yoga allows us to become fully in touch with who, and what we are. Not only our transient, conditioned characteristics which we only to easily identify. But also [...]
Time, and again we hear about misconduct, including the worst criminal behavior of well-known spiritual leaders. These leaders include yogis, priests, monks and popes. If you find the inclusion of the popes shocking, you will be in for a much greater shock if you read the historic records of Pope Gregory IX, Pope Innocent IV, [...]
Carrie was sitting in her living room when Edgar Cayce entered. Her husband, Dr House, had asked him to come because of the emergency. As they entered, Carrie nursed her baby on her lap. The baby was quiet now, but not for long. Its convulsions had begun to come every twenty minutes. Two other doctors [...]
A Collection of Verses, Being One of the Canonical Books of the Buddhists Translated from Pali by F. Max Muller from The Sacred Books of the East. Translated by Various Oriental Scholars, Edited by F. Max Muller, Volume X Part I Contents Chapter 1: The Twin Verses Chapter 2: On Earnestness Chapter 3: Thought Chapter 4: Flowers Chapter [...]
Regarded as the Grandfather of Modern Yoga Among the many yogis who are credited with bringing yoga to the west, the influence of Professor T. Krishnamacharya is probably the most profound. He is today recognized as one of the main contributors to the modern teachings of yoga. Born in Mysore, India in 1888 in a [...]
Son and student of T. Krishnamacharya, TKV Desikachar is one of the world’s foremost yoga teachers, and is recognized as a direct lineage holder of the ancient masters to the modern world. Graduated as an engineer, he soon decided as a young adult to dedicate his life to yoga, when he realized the extraordinary results [...]
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