The Mystery of Light & Atma – Yoga & Physics in Conversation
So I have a neighbor who lives downstairs from me. He is a physicist. And Sunday afternoon as we sat enjoying enchiladas potosinas and guacamole, he began to explain to me the concept and problem with the speed of light. Here it is summarized below. Imagine you see a train traveling at 50km per hour. […]
Psychedelics, Yoga and the Shamanic Journey Part III : Mexico
An exploration into the Columbian and Peruvian Ayuahuasca Traditions and an unexpected meeting with the ‘The Toad’ (Bufo Alvarius). Psychedelics and Yoga. Healing Trauma in Mexico. According to research by led by Dr. Peter Levine and Dr. Van der Kolk, trauma is experienced when we feel that our capacity to respond is taken away from us. This is […]
Hatha Yoga: The Union towards Liberation
All search is in vain until we begin to perceive that knowledge is within ourselves, that no one can help us, that we must help ourselves. – (Patanjali-Vivekananda 2: 27) I started to write this blog a few weeks ago. With the quarantine for COVID-19, I am even more convinced of the wisdom and liberating power […]
Tree of Eden : Karmuka Yoga (Unity) Poems
Tree of Eden All branches of philosophies, mystics and religiousities All stemming from the same, unified, trunk of being Systems and disciplines reduced and expanded Created and modeled Written and Spoken To guide into experience and see that we have never been seperate from you, from me From the beginning to the ending, connected, Intricately […]
Topsy Turvy : Karmuka Yoga (Unity) Poems
TOPSY TURVY In a world all topsy turvy Where the fear of death, kills the joy of life Where health resides in disconnection And sickness accuses connection. Where weightless clouds dance across dunes of sand and leaves flutter and float in heavy water Chaos and uncertainty Gently rest in the silence of emptiness That space […]
Left vs. Right Brain: Dharana, Dhyana, Samahdi and FLOW
In his book, The Master and his Emmissary, Dr. Ian McGilchrist takes the reader through how the structural differences in attention of the left and right brain affect individual and societal perception and behavior. Illustrating in allegory and story what McGilchrists research and work of 20 years conveys, the Yoga Sutras describe 3 different perceptual […]
The JOY of Non-Attachment: Surviving the trauma of Covid 19
´The more you fly from nature, the more she follows you, and if you do not care for her at all, she becomes your servant. ´ Patanjali Sutras 2:27 I am of the opinion that every guideline, practice and ethical rule was carefully selected by Patanjali and placed within the Yoga sutras to help us […]