Blog #4 – Crimes Against Wisdom: A Yogi Gone Bad, Consciously!

I really feel like shit. Seriously. I am not just saying this to make this blog exciting and dramatic. I am bloated, I feel tight everywhere, I have pain in my joints, and not more 30 minutes after showering I stink with sour b.o. In the previous 3 years I had completely thrown away deodorant. Now, it is a compassionate necessity.

A Common Fear: Getting Back Into Our Bodies

It is said that the “only way out is through.” Growth always comes as a result of the discomfort of going “through.” But, we are here to encourage you: this is normal and natural and the dividens are well worth your effort. Taking your body back and re-discovering its vitality is an indescribable joy. There is nothing worth doing more!

The Need for Reflection

Though it is growing less taboo, the thought of seeing a therapist still carries a great deal of stigma for many. But, to be counseled by another is as natural as the sunrise and all that are truly good at counseling are surely adept at taking guidance from others.

Digestive Power

I just read a piece in the NY Times about how much food we all waste.  I’d like to add an unique slant to the take presented in this article, though I agree with most of its content that we do waste a lot food by throwing it away.  We also waste a lot of [...]

Health and Happiness: Harmonizing the Five Elements

Is it possible to experience radical transformation in the span of one life? Of the traditions that prioritize in this way all are in agreement on the foundation of life: the Five Elements.

Education

It seems that there is an overall, worldwide obsession with “education.”  Don’t get me wrong.  Life is all about learning.  But, learning what?  All the emphasis on PISA and world-rankings, etc., all appears to be geared towards a type of learning that is educating a work-force only.  This is one of the problems with a [...]

Depression: The Super Power

Hello, all. Today, I would like to write about depression. One of the most pivotal things I have ever been told about depression is that it is not a lack of energy, but rather, depression is a super-powerful, nuclear-type energy. How is this so? When we are depressed we feel so lethargic, so drained, so [...]

Fatigue, Concentration and Vitality

How many of us lay awake at night with thoughts spinning in our head only to be exhausted throughout the day?  How many of us simply feel tired a lot of the time – even if we do sleep “okay” during the night?  One of the principle reasons for our chronic fatigue is a busy [...]

Sauhu Soundbites #1

Are Facebook/twitter wisdom-one-liners useful for real growth and understanding or do they satisfy a part of our brains that enables us to rest on the laurels of our surface understanding? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend

Escape INTO Reality

I credit my teacher, Dharmanidhi Sarasvati, with this title phrase – which is the basic premise of Energy of Mind.  Most of us, most of the time, make a lifetime out of buffering reality.  We feel like we are squirming in our skin and we don’t like it.  So, we look to entertainment, emotional drama, [...]