Downward Facing Blog

 
Whatever holds your attention leaves it’s own mark upon your mind
 
I used to think samadhi was this thing that happened to you after lifetimes upon lifetimes of hard-core yogic practice. And I’d probably have be born again as an Indian. Samadhi is the eighth limb of classical yoga, and some commentators make it sound like […]

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Higher yoga and greater success is based on superior concentration.
The yogic practice of trataka is one way to develop it
 
Years ago I was taught that concentration is really the basis of all success, or as my Nepali teacher, Dr. Yogi Vikashanand would say; “all successful people do what they say they are going to […]

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 How your mind is like a string telephone, with God on the other end. This technique of meditation will transform sorrow into bliss!
The Shaivaites say that  everything we experience is a pulsation of the experiencer. The experiencer is pure consciousness and energy which pulses, like a heartbeat or maybe like hitting one end of a […]

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Partner yoga at yoga elements Bangkok
(that’s Dodo and Ple)
My brain isn’t working too well today. Kind of sick. Shane and I did a brief fast which I ended badly (with coffee and eggs) and somehow I got a flu afterwards. I’m not built for fasts, I think I’m too vata.
Anyways, I bucked up and with […]

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When you chant OM with the right understanding, it becomes a powerful yoga practice in it’s own right.
Chanting OM has it’s own effect, and can be a powerful meditation. While it is a general mantra that does not require initiation, it is useful to know WHY we chant OM when beginning the practice of […]

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