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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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 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 |
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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.
Hi Reader, I think you need the equivalent of a degree in High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy to drive safely in India. If you can imagine something between a three-ring circus and NASCAR with stops and starts and constant horn-honking, that's what vehicular traffic in an Indian city is like. Which is why you'll never see me behind the wheel of a car (or a tuk-tuk) in Mumbai, but I'm happy to report that I've successfully crossed the street there a few times. The first time I visited Mumbai, I...
Greetings Reader, I’ve been spending a lot of time lately looking into how yoga philosophy offers us a vision for the future? By which I mean, the future after Trump. And I don’t just mean Trump the person; I mean the racist, sexist, pseudo-religious kleptocratic authoritarian extremism that Trump personifies. It will crash and burn . . . eventually. It’s just a question of when. Personally, I would prefer sooner than later. But even a blue wave next November may only amount to a quick fix...
Hi Reader, It’s an overlooked fact: God shows up in the teachings of yoga more often than any other topic. Want proof: count the number of sūtras in Patañjali's Yoga-sūtra that are about Īśvara, the Sanskrit philosophical term that, in this context, refers to the “Supreme Controller.” Or you can take my word for it: Patañjali spills more ink on Īśvara than on any other topic. And the Bhagavad-gītā? The Gītā’s overarching theme is dharma, but the primary subject is Krishna, the speaker of the...