The power of yogic pranayama, or breath practices, expands exponentially when we appreciate the significance of the breath as it has been venerated in world wisdom traditions. Learning to regard this substrate of consciousness as sacred sanctifies all perceptions, imbuing ordinary experiences with enlightening teachings. In “Demystifying Pranayama” we practice simple breath techniques that stimulate vagal nerve tone to bestow ease, confidence, resilience and the ability to make rational choices.
Explore yoga postures as a basis for mind training, and notice ways in which the neural symmetry of hatha yoga provides a springboard for the non-dual experience known as samadhi. The heightened interoceptive awareness of the postures initiates introversion or “pratyahara,” automatically compell...
Demystifying Samadhi: The Unitive State
Lets remove imaginary obstacles from our rightful access to that state known by such names as Samadhi, Nirvana, Kingdom of Heaven, Liberation and so many more. Of what use are arguments about how these terms are defined or how they differ, when in truth...
The idea of renunciation can be very intimidating and mistakenly construed as a matter of will power and epic self- denial. Ultimately the purpose of detachment is not to abandon the enjoyment of the senses but to firmly renounce the sense of identification with anything which is temporary. In re...
