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Hari-kirtana das

Hari-kirtana is an author, mentor, and yoga teacher who shares his knowledge and experience of how the yoga wisdom tradition can guide us toward meaningful and transformative spiritual experiences.

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Thank you for becoming a member of my online community. I hope I'll be able to be of service to you as we journey together down the path of transcendental knowledge. Click here to find out about upcoming group study opportunities with me. If you'd like to hear my conversations with a variety of podcast hosts about bhakti-yoga philosophy in theory and practice, the relationship between faith and knowledge, perspectives on cultural appropriation, tips for yoga teachers, and observations on...

Greetings Reader - I’m well past the stage of disbelief. Now I’m mad. And I want to do something. But what? So many awful things are happening so quickly that it’s hard to know what to do about any of it and easy to feel overwhelmed by all of it. Which is precisely the kind of incapacitation that this purposeful chaos is meant to induce. Grrr. Being transfixed by the daily details of decimated federal agencies, extra-judicial deportations, and national security nincompoopery can prevent us...

Workshop for Yoga Teachers

Greetings Reader - The whole world is in a chaotic state right now. And if you’re a yoga teacher, odds are people are coming to your classes hoping to find relief from a higher level of stress than usual. You can guide them through wringing the tension out of their bodies as they move and hold space for them to calm their minds as they sit in meditation. But there’s something else you can give them that might have a more lasting impact: knowledge from the yoga wisdom tradition. Yoga...

Hi Reader - I'm writing to let you know about a new live online course that I designed to help you step into a life of deeper meaning and higher purpose: The course is called Finding Your Dharma. It's a guided journey into yoga wisdom's system for discovering your true nature, defining your highest values, and living a deeply fulfilling life in alignment with your nature and values. If your not experiencing a sense of fulfillment and alignment right now, it may be because you don't know what...

Greetings Reader - The first thing I remember wanting to be when I grew up was a mad scientist. I was 3 years-old. I was watching a Superman cartoon. I didn’t think Superman himself was very interesting. But the villain, the mad scientist? I thought, “Yeah – that’s who I want to be!” It wasn’t long before I decided that what I really wanted to be was a drummer in a rock ‘n roll band. I was 7, The Beatles were blowing up the airwaves, and Ringo Starr awakened the sleeping drummer within. By...

Greetings Reader - One of the most challenging aspects of teaching yoga is integrating yoga philosophy into an asana class or workshop. Over the many years that I’ve been training yoga teachers, this skill is the one that I’m most often asked to help teachers develop. Many teachers want to offer their students some wisdom from the yoga tradition. And the people who come to classes want to feel a sense of connection when they take a live class, in-person or online. And yet, many teachers don't...

Greetings Reader - I have an ongoing game I play in my head for no particular reason. The game is called, “If I had two cats, I’d name them . . .” Jaya and Vijaya, Soochi and Moochi, Karma and Dharma, Rover and Fido, Wave and Particle, Doonakranitz and Frannakranitz, Hawkwind and Motorhead, . . . The rule (apparently) is that the names must have some kind of complementarity. And if they rhyme, I get extra credit (whatever that means). The complementarity of a doonakranitz and a frannakranitz...

Greetings Reader - The world is a pretty unstable place right now. As if you hadn't already noticed. I suppose I'm stating the obvious. Nevertheless, I speak the truth. We can blame economic disparity or political fragmentation or Saturn or whatever we want, but the bottom line is that there’s whole lotta shakin’ going on. A confluence of negative trends have taken us to a tipping point and it feels like things are going to fall apart no matter what we do. It’s just a question of what can we...

Hi Reader, Just a quick reminder that enrollment for my March Wisdom Workshop will close tonight: How to Connect Spiritual Ideas to Real Life Live via Zoom on Sunday, March 9th, 2025 @ 12:00 pm Eastern Time Tuition: $27 CLICK HERE TO ENROLL This workshop will be recorded and available for replay Yoga Teachers can get 1.5 hours of CE credit with Yoga Alliance I hope to see you there, - Hari-k

Greetings Reader - Our free monthly series, Community Conversations, continues next week. This month, we’re going to explore the relationship between yoga, spirituality, and the major ideological shifts that are shaking up the world. For many, yoga and spirituality are practices that help us to achieve liberation from fear; most notably, fear of change. But a big change is underway; we can see it in the news and feel it beneath our feet. And these changes are going to affect everyone and...

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Greetings Reader - Our free monthly series, Community Conversations, continues next week. This month, we’re going to explore the relationship between yoga, spirituality, and the major ideological shifts that are shaking up the world. For many, yoga and spirituality are practices that help us to achieve liberation from fear; most notably, fear of change. But a big change is underway; we can see it in the news and feel it beneath our feet. And these changes are going to affect everyone and...