Achieving Altered States of Consciousness Through Meditation

Buddhist monk Ajahn Brahmavamso said, “The mind has two main functions, ‘doing’ and ‘knowing.’ The way of meditation is to calm the ‘doing’ to complete tranquility while maintaining the ‘knowing.’ Sloth and torpor occur when one carelessly calms and both the ‘doing’ and the ‘knowing,’ unable to distinguish between them.” Meditating is not just about […]

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Crystals to Enhance Your Yoga Practice

  Crystals have been utilized for thousands of years for guidance and inspiration. They have been incorporated in divination (the practice of using signs) to offer guidance and the answers they offer can be interpreted in various ways. As yoga is not an exclusively exercise, but rather a practice that unites the consciousness with the […]

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The Benefits of Balance Through Yoga

Those of us living in Florida are very familiar with pink flamingos and how they stand on one leg – steady, natural and relaxed. For us humans, balancing on one leg takes our full attention. This type of pose requires that we drop other thoughts and focus exclusively on the task in front of us. […]

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Yoga and Chakras – Your Body’s Energy Centers

As much as we would all love to say we are easily able to leave our problems and/or worries at the door when we enter the yoga studio, or simply “off the mat” no matter where are practicing yoga, we often arrive at our mat with the weight of worries upon us. After practicing yoga […]

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