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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Greetings Reader - Our free monthly series, Community Conversations, continues next week with a discussion about "Positive Freedom." For our first CC of 2025, we'll explore the meaning of freedom, how we think about freedom, why removing obstacles to freedom—and yoga—is only half the battle, the social structures and personal relationships we need in order to experience freedom, the role that values and morality play in achieving freedom, the relationship between political freedom and spiritual freedom, and how affirmative spirituality in bhakti-yoga surpasses liberation from the influence of illusion. I hope you'll join us for our next COMMUNITY CONVERSATION a free monthly study group Live via Zoom @ 12:00 pm Eastern Time NEXT CONVERSATION: Wednesday, January 8, 2025 TOPIC: THE EXPERIENCE OF POSITIVE FREEDOM 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 P.S.: My first workshop of the year is coming up soon! I hope you'll join me on Sunday, January 12 at 12:00 pm EST for The Three Pillars of Yoga: a live online exploration of the essential foundation of a comprehensive yoga practice described in Yoga-sutra II.1. Through a close reading of the original Sanskrit and insightful commentary from sages who preserved and expanded on these teachings across a millennium, we’ll unpack the essence of each of the three "actions of yoga," its relevance, and the transformative impact it can bring to your life. |
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.
Greetings Reader - “Not ‘move the foot; move your foot.’ Not ‘move the hand; move your hand.’.” Given the centrality of personalism in bhakti-yoga philosophy, it should have been obvious that personalizing my cueing would be the better way to teach an asana sequence. And yet, there I was, a novice yoga teacher, impersonally cueing poses as if my student’s bodies were pieces of furniture. It may sound like a little thing, but little things can make a big difference. For example, saying “move...
Greetings Reader - Just a quick reminder the registration for my January Wisdom Workshop closes tonight: The Three Pillars of Yoga Live via Zoom on Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 12:00 pm Eastern Time Tuition: $37 CLICK HERE TO ENROLL This class will be recorded and available for replay This course is registered with Yoga Alliance and offers 1.5 hours of CE credit. I hope to see you there, Wishing you all good fortune, Hari-k
Greetings Reader - Are you ready to re-discover the timeless wisdom of the Yoga Sutras and how their core practices of austerity, study, and devotion can transform your yoga practice and your life? If the answer is "yes!" then you'll want to sign up for my LIVE online workshop: The Three Pillars of Yoga. I created this 90-minute session for yoga teachers and enthusiasts who want to learn more about the three primary practices of yoga described in Chapter II, sutra 1 of Patanjali's...