Years ago my son admitted the reason he was scared to stay in his bedroom alone was because he thought a burglar would climb in through his second floor window. How many restless nights did he have, did we have, trying to convince him to go back to sleep. Who took this from him? A movie? A video game? Did he over hear a news report?
Read moreThe Yamas In Practice: Speaking my Satya
As I begin to write about Satya, how this, the second of the 5 inward practices (Yamas) of the 8-limb path, influences my daily life, it just so happens that it is Sunday, April 1st, and the significance of this should not be lost. I scour social media for silly news items, who has the best April Fools joke this year? My vote goes to the Chocolate Whopper.
Read moreThe Yamas In Practice: Living with Ahimsa
Recent events in my life have found the image of the hamsa forming in my mind, finding myself attracted to the visual image the word forms easily in my mind and I find it very comforting. But this blog is not necessarily about the hamsa rather how the events that brought forward this image have formed into the vibration of the first Yama of Pantanjali's Yoga Sutras which is Ahimsa.
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