Author: ~Yogaville

Integral Yoga Key Teaching of the Month – January 2014

"If no one is there too receive, how could you donate? The giver should thank the receiver"

The Power of Love for Healing and Transformation

For most of us, a long-term relationship breaks our hearts and brings us to our knees at some point in our lives. Then we are compelled to seek a deeper source of connection that is not subject to so much change.

Dalai Lama’s New Year Message

Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

Lives of the Luminaries: Sri Swami Satchidananda Maharaj

The lesson I learned from all the great Masters was service; always serve, serve and serve.

An All Faiths Approach

Usually I hear Isvara pranidhana, dedication to God, presented as one of the paths, an option that one might choose according to his or her temperament. My reading of the Yoga Sutras and my personal experience indicate that Isvara pranidhana, along with the other yamas and niyamas, is more a prerequisite than an option.

The Fruits of Tapas

Tapas begins to make sense only when we understand that pain—psychological or physical—is a sign that we have encountered a limitation in ourselves.

Curried Spinach and Potatoes

Recipe for curried spinach and potatoes.

Transformation

Happiness is the altar of God within you. That lasting inner joy is the only important thing to strive for in life. By perseverance it can be gained. —Paramahansa Yogananda

The Power of Sound

The repetitive nature of chanting causes us to breathe more deeply, slowly, and more rhythmically

Four Anti-Stress Pills

After all, some things simply cannot be changed or made to happen no matter how stressed out we become in the effort. So why suffer for nothing?