The ancient yoga texts, such as the Puranas, contain vast amounts of knowledge pertaining to the nature of the mind, and the essential requirement of a regulated practice to bring it under control. Gayatri shares with us this wisdom and its relevance in this turbulent age that we live.
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The Loneliness Epidemic: Gems of Wisdom with Gayatri
The Loneliness Epidemic is so bad, world leaders have been forced to intervene.
When politicians are staging national interventions to force us to connect with each other — and actually spending real money on the problem — you know it’s a genuine crisis.
Until recently, loneliness has also been largely underappreciated. It’s an emotional state we’ve all dwelt in at some point of our lives, and it’s so familiar that it’s tempting to overlook it as mundane amid all the other mental health worries currently being given airtime, such as depression and anxiety. Nevertheless, the world is starting to wake up to how bad the loneliness epidemic has actually become.
We explore loneliness from the yoga perspective, why do we get lonely and how we can overcome loneliness.
This great wisdom has been passed down by self-realised yoga masters since time immemorial, however, even in this modern world, this knowledge is so relevant and practical, it can be easily applied in our lives.
Questions on the Yoga System with Jayadharma Das
When one starts to look into the non-physical aspects of the yoga system it can seem somewhat confusing even overwhelming to an individual. In tonight’s talk Jayadharma das shares a very interesting answer to a student’s equally intriguing inquiry and attempts to give us a short overview of the yoga practices as he does so.
About Jayadharma das:
Jayadharma Das has been a student and practitioner of yoga philosophy and yoga lifestyle for the past 35-40 years. His individual spiritual campaign began in his very early twenties when as a young man he began to look for solutions to some concerning bad habits he had developed. Around 1980 he had the good fortune of meeting a couple of disciples of his spiritual teacher Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (https://wisdom.yoga/author/jagad-guru/). His schooling had began. A schooling that led to a cultivation of knowledge and spiritual practices which would change his life profoundly and continues to do so to this very day. Jayaharma das is motivated to share his understanding out of gratitude to his teacher and in an attempt to assist those who are also looking to overcome their own personal challenges.
Mindfulness & Meditation Demystified | Radha Krishna Das
Move beyond the many misconceptions that hold us back from achieving the goal of meditation then clearly understand what the deepest level of meditation is, and learn how to achieve it in this mindfulness and meditation masterclass.
The Big Picture – Only Time Will Tell | Yoga Wisdom with Chris
Chris shares spiritual wisdom using the example from the ancient Chinese horse proverb of Sāi Wēng.
Yoga practices: How they’re related – with Jiva Krishna das
Jiva Krishna das first came into contact with the path of yoga in 1974, but it was not until 1978 that his interest in the practice increased dramatically. He says that this was due to the wonderful influence of his teacher Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa
(https://wisdom.yoga/author/jagad-guru/)
Having recieved the priceless gift of meditation Jiva Krishna das feels most fortunate, and he is always keen to share the treasure of yoga wisdom whenever the opportunity arises.
He places special emphasis on the very easy practice of kirtan meditation, which can not only give a person relief from the anxieties that characterize worldly life, but it can purify ones heart and mind. Moreover as the yoga texts put it ~ kirtan gives a person a taste of the spiritual nectar for which we are always anxious.
For this week’s Thoughtful Thursday yoga experience, Jiva Krishna das will speak on a variety of yoga practices and how they are related to each other. These practices include Hatha Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Karma Yoga, and what the yoga texts describe as the ultimate yoga practice
~ Bhakti Yoga.