At the heart of our yoga and meditation is the desire for our well-being, whether it be to improve or maintain it. We wish for this same well-being for those we love, for those we care about. When we witness a tragedy, we extend a prayer or a wish for the victims’ well-being. We may … Continue reading Yoga and meditation for the well-being of all

Relying on circumstance for our happiness and joy is, obviously, a very dicey thing. Good situations come and go (and so do bad, thankfully). If there is, as the yogic sages claim, a happiness and joy that just is independent of circumstance, then that’s for me. I’ll put my efforts in that direction. Yoga and … Continue reading Dependable happiness and joy

Things can be hard. However, there are two kinds of hard–one through effort, the other through suffering. One is proactive, the other reactive. Putting forth the effort to do yoga and meditate can be difficult. We need to overcome tendencies to resist–whatever they may be… and show up for practice. The result is a happier … Continue reading Which “hard” is for you?

This song lyric pretty much sums it up.
Great yogis and sages say we can’t find love, and happiness, in the variable world–at least not the deepest sort that’s unaffected by circumstances. We are talking about a love, and happiness, that endures despite all.
This love, and happiness, is right here with us all the time, according to the sages.
We’re simply looking in all the wrong places.
According to them, we need to turn within and meditate and do yoga, and then we just might be fortunate enough to encounter this love and happiness, or get glimmers of it.
And at least then we’ll be looking in the right place, which is certainly a good place to try.
See you on the path… no, I mean the road to happiness… and love!