Downward Facing Blog

Tonight and tomorrow your thoughts are magnified 1000X 
According to the hindu calendar, once a year on the new moon in the month of “Maagha” (similar sound to the name for Ma-ka-ra for the Thai name for this month of March) occurs “the night of Shiva” or what is called “MahaShivaratri”
The tradition is to fast from […]

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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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Then you’ll want to know about Kashmir Shaivism.
 
(Lord Shiva, the representation of divine consciousness)
 
 
I had to get your attention. I mean, if I put Kashmir Shaivism or Sankhya as the headline it might not pull you in. The thing is, Anusara yoga uses Kashmir Shaivism as it’s philosophical basis, although tweaked a bit.
 
 
Kashmir Shaivism […]

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How and where meditation fits inside of the eight limbs of yoga practice
Meditation builds upon the preceding 6 limbs of yoga as a simple, natural state of mind.
 

Adherence to social disciplines (yama)
Following personal discipline (niyama)
Yoga posture (asana)
Yogic breathing (pranayama)
Pulling the mind inwards (pratyahara)
Concentration […]

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The word yoga itself implies relationship, and the two becoming one. You begin with you and and your lover, or your body and mind, or ultimately your sense of individuality merging into cosmic unity. You strive for yoga- union, which you experience as wonderful and sublime.
That sounds like love, doesn’t it?
When people ask me about my own practice […]

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The yoga practice of Shambhavi Mudra 
Or, maybe we should call it amrita, the nectar of immortality. Before you conclude that I’m selling you some new MLM wonderdrink, let me begin by saying that you produce this magickal elixir inside your own head. You can’t buy it. Although, if I could bottle it, I would definitely […]

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