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Exploring the Niyamas: Using tapas to burn through our shit

March 29, 2013 by Kara-Leah Grant 7 Comments

by Kara-Leah Grant Oh God do I need to cultivate tapas right now. Or I am cultivating it. Or the cultivation of it is serving me. Or something. I'm over-whelmed, emotional, stressed out and just want to get off this damn computer and go sit under a tree. (Notice the shift from Wednesday's post on self-realisation? Welcome to duality people!) It's two days until book launch and I have a mountain of things to do but I'm staying with family and also want to see them and I have a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Living Your Yoga Tagged With: addictions, austerity, burning, niyamas, over-whelm, stress, tapas

From poison into potion: Why forty days of yoga is alchemy of the soul

February 10, 2013 by Melissa Billington Leave a Comment

by Melissa Billington We come into the new year with a desire to re-create ourselves, to arise out of last year and make a new start. While I personally consider Spring the new year and the place for emergence since 1582, with the advent of the Gregorian calendar, we observe the start of the new year as January 1. The Celtic calendar sets November 1(May 1 in the southern hemisphere) as the new year. They see going into the dark as the necessary first step to creation, like the child in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energetic Practices, Practices Tagged With: agni, anger, chakras, commitment, discipline, fire, manipura, navel centre, power, tapas, third chakra

Dumped by my Guru

April 6, 2012 by Guest Author 10 Comments

Divorced by my guru

by columnist Gabrielle Harris, The Suburban Yogini My freefall descent happened 6 months ago. It wasn’t gentle zen-like parachute descent, but the type of ungraceful fall where not only was I kicking and screaming, but all the office workers in the building I was sailing by were laughing and poking faces at me. My lesson on non-attachment had publicly arrived. It happened on my level 3 teacher training. I had travelled to Australia to be with the teacher I was attached to. He made me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Going to Class, Teaching Insights Tagged With: abhinvesa, amsita, anahata chakra, dvesa, finding a teacher, guru, klesha, leaving your teacher, Mark Nepo, non attachment, raga, tapas, Teacher training, The Book of Awakenings

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