Double Standards

Everywhere I look it seems I see a double standard staring at me.  Aparigraha is a basic tenet of the life of a yogi and yet daily I see the heart of yoga turning more toward profits.  Yoga Journal has advertisements that masquerade as articles.  Prana is not the breath but a clothing [...]

What’s your agenda?

My primay agenda—I do have an agenda for this site—is, quite simply, to further the knowledge of, acceptance of and practice of Yoga as a spiritual practice.  Failing that, I do have a secondary agenda which is to further the knowledge of, acceptance of and practice of yoga as a system of physical [...]

Christianity and Yoga:  A Series of Studies – Samadhi & Namasté

This is the last article in a series that I started back on the 25th of April 2005.  Sometime in the very near future, I will consolidate these articles and post them here on the site.

Samadhi, realization or perfect concentration, is the crux of Yoga.  While it is well known as [...]

The Sword of Satya

Satya is one of the main tenets of Yoga, it is so basic that all the other precepts of Yoga build upon.  Well, all but one:  Ahimsa.  Therein lies the difficulty for it is easy to speak the truth with no regard to its impact upon others.  The question then is this:  Is [...]

Yoga, Religion and Reality

I read a letter this morning written by Kate Carlin where she decries the fact that a local elementary has begun to provide yoga instruction:

After reading about the PTO funded program for students at Memorial Elementary School in Milford, I researched yoga. I have developed an explanation that clarifies why Memorial should [...]