If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
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Greetings Reader - Our free monthly series, Community Conversations, continues next Wednesday. This month we're going to talk about — you guessed it — the U.S. midterm election results and what yoga wisdom has to say about how to ride the blue wave. The social order and political system described in yoga wisdom literature is designed for both material prosperity and spiritual upliftment for every member of society. It's very different from what we're accustomed to in the United States and in the world as a whole, including in the way it extends inclusivity to the rest of the natural world, not just the wide variety of human beings in the world. However, advancing the values of yoga wisdom aren't necessarily dependent on the social and political system yoga philosophy prescribes. How do we go about advancing yogic values within the system that we have? How do the values of yoga correspond to the values that drove people to the polls? How might the changes in control of Congress and of state governments provide opportunities for activist yogis to participate in making meaningful changes? What happens next? And how do we move forward with the kind of equanimity and non-attachment that yoga philosophy recommends while still leaning into the opportunities that we have to create a dharmic future? I hope you'll join us for COMMUNITY CONVERSATION a free monthly study group Live via Zoom @ 12:00 pm Eastern Standard Time NEXT CONVERSATION: Wednesday, November 11 TOPIC: RIDING THE BLUE WAVE Registration is free – CLICK HERE to get updates and the Zoom link! This conversation will be recorded - if you can't join us live you can watch the replay anytime. Community Conversation is a FREE monthly online gathering where we connect spiritual ideas to real life by talking about personal challenges we all share, difficult issues we all face, and how the ancient spiritual teachings of the yoga tradition offer practical guidance for navigating our way through life in the modern world. If you haven't registered for our free monthly Community Conversations yet, CLICK HERE to get updates and the Zoom link for the live discussion, and (usually) the recording link so you can listen to the replay if you can't join us live. If you're already registered, you'll get reminder emails with the Zoom link next week and receive a link to the recording soon after the live conversation. Hoping to see you next Wednesday, - Hari-k |
Hari-kirtana das
If you’re ready to apply yoga philosophy to your own life—or teach it with clarity and feeling—my classes and workshops create space to sharpen your thinking, steady your inner life, and connect your practice to what matters now.
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