Author: ~Yogaville

Isvara Pranidhana

It is translated as surrender to the Supreme Being, but I feel it can be understood also as surrender to the Truth.

Meditation Teacher Training: Inspiration to Deepen Our Practice

“Choose anything you want as an object of meditation as long as it has some elevating thoughts or ideas behind it, something to make you more open, more universal, and more loving.”

Lives of the Luminaries: Mirabai & Sri Sarada Devi

My Beloved dwells in my heart, so I sing day and night.

Choosing What to Listen to

I would like to consider making our hatha practice a yoga sadhana by learning a method of staying conscious and listening with awareness.

Svadhayaya: The Reflecting Mirror

It is like attuning our inner navigator and finding meaningful answers to questions such as: “Am I at the right place at the right moment? Where am I now and also where am I going?

Yoga & Medicine: Fasting & Diet

Animals naturally fast when they are sick–in fact, you cannot make them eat anything. This allows the body to correct problems by concentrating on eliminating toxic substances rather than digesting.

Face Challenges Head On

We must all learn our life lessons through painful experiences that come to us.

Reflections on Santosha and Gratitude

Santosha, translated simply as contentment, is not so easy to master because the habit of wanting and achieving is so deeply ingrained in us.

Physically Adjusting Asanas

Physically adjusting our students can either disturb or enhance their experience, depending on how it is done and how it is received.

Royal Intentions

In the universe of Yoga, practitioners’ intentions can be grouped under one, all-encompassing umbrella: to experience the unbounded, unchanging peace and joy that is our own True Self.