Spirituality

Infinite Heart: The Path Of Love In Bhakti

Most of us just aren’t taught how to be with our emotions so they sometimes seem scary or unmanageable. But that’s where spiritual practice...

Carrie Grossman

What Every Beginner Tarot Student Should Know

From the right way of shuffling the cards to setting the right intentions — this article explores five tips how to begin your tarot...

Keziah Gibbons

Coronavirus & The Buddha’s Four Noble Truths

April 2020: Could coronavirus, which is causing suffering across the globe, be like the mud of a lotus pond? Could humanity and the social,...

Malcolm Huxter

Friendship In The Age Of Isolation

The current state of the world means that for many of us we're physically and socially isolated. This can cause us to feel lonely,...

Manoj Dias

Quarantine Or Retreat? A Reflection On Shifting Inwards

What can we learn at times such as this? How can we transform a catastrophic circumstance into an opportunity for self and others? Is...

Elliott Dacher

The Yoga of Loneliness: Diving Deep and Letting Go

Carrie Grossman explores the energy and value of loneliness and how to, with practice, loosen it up—just like any yoga posture.

Carrie Grossman

The Yogic Klesha Abhinivesha, Fear of Death, Or… Grappling with Impermanence in Uncertain Times

In times of uncertainty, yoga reminds us that everything is always uncertain. Whether this realization causes greater anxiety or total liberation is dependent upon...

Isabelle Pikörn

Are You Addicted To Complaining, Blaming & Judging?

A huge amount of human suffering comes from blaming, complaining, and judging. They are all rooted in fear. Kenneth Soares shares a practice of...

Kenneth Soares

Keeping Your Equanimity

Lalah Delia shares some thoughts on keeping equanimity in unsettling situations or new environments. Explore her guided meditations to begin a journey towards self-empowerment...

Lalah Delia

Resolutions vs. Intentions: A Soft Surrender Into Our Highest Self

In many cases, we find ourselves falling short of our resolutions, leaving us to question whether they’re the most effective option for making change....

Gillian Florence Sanger

The Precarious History Of Namaste In Yoga Classes

Both namaste and lycra yoga pants have become so inseparable from asana practice that “namaste” is now printed on the yoga pants themselves in...

Isabelle Pikörn

The Meaning of Savasana & Why You Should Stay Even Longer

Explore the deeper meaning of savasana in asana practice, the reason why you move into the fetal position before returning from your mat as...

Isabelle Pikörn

Our Underlying Wholeness: A Reflection & Meditation On Buddha-Nature

Scott Tusa explains what Buddha-nature is and shares a reflective meditation that can help to shift one's views and opinions.

Scott Tusa

How To Start Living With Radical Honesty

"We spend our lives searching for acceptance and love and, yet, we so often keep ourselves separate from these because of our fear of...

Caroline Stewart

The Pinnacle Of Yoga Is Meditation

If you are a yoga practitioner then you have a special advantage for the practice of meditation. Yoga postures, asanas, have the power to...

Lama Brian Hilliard

Balancing Your Chakras For Empowering Energy Flow

When we are in balance, all flows freely through our chakras. When there is blockage, energy cannot flow. Explore the signs of imbalanced chakras...

Caroline Stewart

The Many Ways Of Living A Life Of Inspiration & Creativity

Over the many years of working with people in the world of self-development and spirituality, I have investigated the link between inspiration and creativity...

Caroline Avnit

3 Unique Qualities Of Yoga Nidra Practice vs. Traditional Meditation

Yoga Nidra is quickly becoming a very popular meditative practice. And for good reason! Explore the special qualities of yoga nidra that distinguish it...

Caroline Stewart

How Does Happiness Happen?

"We don’t need to put our lives on hold for happiness. And we don’t need to put happiness on hold while we live our...

Stephanie Noble

Mud And Lotuses: The Buddhist Meaning Of Dukkha

Without mud, there is no lotus. Could it be possible that life’s suffering can be the catalyst for wisdom? Mal Huxter explains the Buddha's...

Malcolm Huxter

Cutting Cords: How To Release Energetic Binds

As we move through our lives — growing, learning, evolving — we must necessarily let go of that which no longer serves us. When...

Caroline Stewart

The Secrets of Enlightened Living — Found Under the Sea

I didn’t expect this sort of enlightened experience from my vacation, actually. After two travel days filled with delays, reroutes and things gone wrong,...

Dr. Janette Freeman

A Brief History Of Buddha’s Awakening

He remembered a time when he was just a boy sitting under a rose apple tree. By dawn, he realised the four noble truths...

Malcolm Huxter

Indulging In Superstitions — A Buddhist Reflection

People, for centuries, have been indulging in superstitions, lucky charms, omens, divinations and fortune-telling. They have used these things to help them make decisions...

Karma Yeshe Rabgye

Following Your “I AMs”: Two Little Words That Transform Your Life

How and what are you identifying yourself with every day? How much positivity, goodness, abundance and love are you actively bringing into your...

Dr. Janette Freeman

Spinning Wheels Of Energy: The 7 Chakras Of The Yoga Tradition

Get to know the seven chakras according to the Yogic tradition. Explore their key elements, opening poses and sounds as well as the guiding...

Brian Hyman

The Metta Sutta On The Path To A Trail Race — A Reflection

In the middle of a recent long run, I started to say the Metta Sutta, and was struck by how relevant many of the...

Mark Zelinsky

Yogacara & The Understanding Of Consciousness

The Yogacara school of Buddhism states that there are eight consciousnesses, and understanding these helps free ourselves from afflictive emotions, such as anger, selfishness...

Karma Yeshe Rabgye

How To Energetically Protect Yourself

How do we reclaim our energy when we feel rubbed by other people's energies? This article explores how we can take responsibility for our...

Clara Wisner

What Does It Mean To Surrender In Yoga Or Meditation Practice?

We enjoy feeling like we have control. In the West, we’ve grown up in a culture that tells us we’ll be what we want and...

Isabelle Pikörn

Buddhist Precepts: A Monk Explains How To Practice Self-Restraint

Buddhist monk Karma Yeshe Rabgye reflects on eight Buddhist precepts and how to adhere to them on a day of observance and self-restraint.

Karma Yeshe Rabgye

How Do You Manifest? The 3 Secrets Of Manifestation

What have you already brought into your life – by your direct choosing of it, as the result of doing what you have always...

Dorothy Ratusny

Meditating Towards The Essence Of The Self

Elliott Dacher explains his understanding of going beyond "Meditation 1.0" and how meditators shift their awareness from an object to the subject itself.

Elliott Dacher

The Art Of An Open Question

Why do we cultivate more compassion and strengthen our relationships when asking open questions? Reflect with Buddhist teacher Scott Tusa.

Scott Tusa

The essential harmony between Rights and Responsibilities.

There was a time not so long ago when certain societies understood the essential and harmonious link between Rights and Responsibilities. Lately it seems...

Christopher Plowman