Being human
and life's little mysteries

A Guru means the one who has removed the darkness, or one’s inability to see the Truth (Ru-remover; Gu-ignorance, darkness, obscurity)....

I was looking through some of the search terms that people entered to end up on my blog the other evening, and the above was one that...

guru satyam guru jnanam guru anandam guru shantih My teacher is the truth, my teacher is the wisdom, my teacher is the bliss, my teacher...

vastusamye chitta bhedat tayorvibhaktah panthah ||15|| वस्तुसाम्ये चित्तभेदात्तयोर्...

THE BOX BEING INSIDE LOOKING OUTSIDE: AN ASHTANGA STORY by Norman Blair I would like to present this piece in the spirit of compassion,...

I was asked today whether if given the choice, if I would prefer that yoga classes not be named (Jivamukti, Dharma Mittra, Astanga, etc)....

I’ve always been in awe of those yogis who have had their Gurus magically appear for them, showing up in all different forms at the right...

vi- to order; nyasa – conscious placement; krama – sequence with a beginning, middle and end Often when a yoga class is described as...

abhyasa-vairagyabhyam tan-nirodhah (PYS 1.12) Identification with the fluctuations of mind is stopped by practice and non-attachment. In...

Suggestion is the underlying and fundamental cause of all mental phenomena…The whole universe is nothing but suggestion; the world lives...