How to access infinite energy and prosperity using a sadhana
May 1, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Meditation, Pranayama (breath), Sadhana
I’m so excited!
Today I started a new sadhana. The results from the last sadhana I did, Sodarshan Chakra Kriya were fantastic, and I’d been waiting for another sadhana to make itself known.
What’s a sadhana? Simply a daily spiritual practice like meditation done for forty consecutive days.
On the weekend, while cleaning out my bedroom, I stumbled [...]
My nine favourite places to practice asana, pranayama and meditation
March 2, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Asana (postures), Meditation, Musings from the Mat, Pranayama (breath)
Part of my mission as a yoga teacher and writer is to show people that asana, pranayama and meditation can happen anywhere, anytime – not just in a yoga class, at a yoga studio, in a gym or on your mat at home.
Breaking free of our ideas of how asana, pranayama and meditation “should” be [...]
Why adding Pranayama to your yoga practice is so powerful
February 27, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Practicing Yoga, Pranayama (breath)
One of the most common reasons I hear for why people don’t do yoga is that they’re “not flexible enough”.
Aside from the fact that this is exactly why they would get so much out of yoga, practicing yoga does not require you to be flexible!
When I went to my first class (an Iyengar class on [...]
Why it’s important to breathe
January 21, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Pranayama (breath), The Basics
I know, you’re breathing already, automatically, all the time – about 25,000 breaths day.
But are you really breathing?
Stop right now.
Place both hands lightly on your belly. Exhale ALL the air out your lungs through your nose.
Now inhale (through the nose) slow and strong right down into your belly, pushing your hands softly outward.
Exhale again, all [...]
Committing to a Forty Day Sadhana of Sodarshan Chakra Kriya
January 2, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Pranayama (breath), Sadhana, Yoga Practices
As an avid reader of Steve Pavlina’s blog, Personal Development for Smart People, I have long admired his tenacity in determining a course of action and sticking to it. He is the champion of the thirty day trial – a process whereby he’ll try something out for thirty days to see how it impacts his [...]
How do I squeeze yoga and meditation into my jam-packed day?
November 7, 2008 by Kara-Leah Grant
Filed under Meditation, Practicing Yoga, Pranayama (breath)
It’s the end of the week and while you managed to make it to two yoga classes, you haven’t unrolled your yoga mat at home once.
Family, work, & household commitments make finding a 90-minute slot during the day next to impossible. Short of getting up at 5am, or re-prioritizing your life to ditch other commitments, [...]


