History of Yoga and Tantra
Yoga Is So Much More Most of us were taught that Patañjali wrote the definitive text on yoga philosophy. The Yoga Sūtras as source, foundation,…
Category: Philosophy
Karma and Yoga Practice
Often mistaken as cosmic judiciary, karma in yoga is something far more personal. It speaks to the conditioning we create within ourselves, the emotional imprints…
Reflections on Two Years Sanskrit Study
Sanskrit holds the vibrational essence of yoga’s deepest teachings. In this reflection, Julian Singh shares how formal study transformed his relationship with the language, revealing…
Mental Health through the Yogic Lens
Who are you? According to Yoga, all our answers to this question are ultimately describing the mind. Whatever we might say about ourselves, what we…
A Fresh Look at Knowledge
The Indian wisdom traditions, particularly Yoga and Vedanta, explain that avidyā is the ultimate error, the root of all mistakes. The word itself translates as: absence of The…
Clarifying Pātañjali :The Pātañjalayogaśāstra
The Pātañjalayogaśāstra, popularly called Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras, is sometimes referred to as Classical Yoga. I often hear people call them ‘the sūtras’, but there are…
From Injury to Insight: Robin Rothenberg’s Yoga Therapy
Robin Rothenberg has been a dedicated yoga therapist for nearly 40 years. She is the current International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) Board President and…
Cultivating Trust with Independence
Trust is a key concept in trauma informed practice and it is one of the five trauma informed principles (along with Safety, Choice, Empowerment and…
Sharath Jois and the Mysore Legacy Part 2
I discovered Mysore Style Ashtanga Yoga when I was in my early 30s. For someone fairly new to yoga it was an electric experience to…
Deciphering yoga styles in Australia
Despite the science about yoga’s benefits not being well understood, 1.4 million people are said to have practiced it in Australia during the 2022–23 financial…
