by Mugs McConnell | May 29, 2021 | Musings From Mugs
On June 25th, 1959, Swami Shivananda Saraswati of Assam, in Bengal, wrote a letter to my teacher Hari about a special day. June 25th is known as Ambubachi Day. Ambubachi is a yearly gathering in Guwahati, Assam, in the Kamakhya Devi temple during monsoon season. It is...
by SOYA admin | Dec 28, 2020 | Meditation, Musings From Mugs
Welcome 2021! This has most certainly been a year of change and adapting over and over again. I am not sure how different things will be in 2021, but in the meantime, I have continued to be inspired by many who have gracefully navigated 2020. One inspiration came...
by Vanessa Ooms | Jan 1, 2020 | Musings From Mugs, Yoga News
I shouldn’t be writing this article, I don’t really want to, but I need to in case it will help someone – even just one person. Over the 42 years I have been a certified yoga teacher, I have read about abuses of power from rock star yoga teachers, Swamis, and others...
by Vanessa Ooms | Dec 12, 2018 | Musings From Mugs
My teacher Hari taught me this meditation, which is meant to help us find harmony in prakriti. Prakriti is nature, or all of the manifested Universe, which is subject to the effects of the three gunas. The gunas are the three potential qualities found in everything...
by Vanessa Ooms | May 4, 2018 | Musings From Mugs
BRING OUT THE NETI POT! SPRING IS HERE! As spring arrives and the plants come into flower, pollens can begin to play havoc with allergies and sinuses. Spring colds and flus start spreading around as well. The yogic cleansing practice of “Neti” is a perfect first...
by Vanessa Ooms | Apr 1, 2018 | Musings From Mugs
Practicing kumbhak pranayama with bhavana is a technique of loving kindness, where we develop a mental attitude that is rooted in compassion and love toward ourselves and others. Love is the ultimate expression of God, the Creator. Bhavana means “concentrated...
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