Category Archives: Behaviours and Relationships – the Yogic Way

You’re so spiritual but other people are so obnoxious? Yoga helps us sort out our own stuff and helps us handle that of others with flexibilty and ease.

Surrender: True, or False?

  A question that vexes yogis – when is surrender true abandonment of the ego, and when is it only an ego-hijacking of spiritual aspiration? Let’s think about some examples of both…

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On Turning 65

It’s a good age, and I am glad to be 65… though it is a time for reviewing and perhaps re-evaluating.  No time for illusions, that’s for sure. I think the best year of my life, the standout one, was 60 … Continue reading

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ILLUSION –  A NORMAL STATE OF MIND We all have illusions. Sometimes it is the little dream that you are up and about while really you are still snuggled in bed. The bigger illusions are those that keep us hooked … Continue reading

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Yogic Solutions

All of us have difficult situations and unpleasant people to deal with throughout our lives. If only we could find yogic solutions for having loving engagement with others, easy truthfulness, powerful articulation, clear insight into issues, untouched by manipulative ploys.  … Continue reading

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No More Being Manipulated

Do you feel manipulated when… you have a legitimate issue and the other person slides out of it?  Or puts you down, sometimes claiming that he is only joking? Do you feel that you have to be careful of what … Continue reading

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