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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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Greetings Reader, I talk to a lot of people who’ve tried meditation but can’t stick with it. Or who’ve read yoga philosophy but still feel like something’s missing. Or who believe in something more—but don’t know what to do with that belief. Bhakti-yoga fills that gap. It’s not about rituals you don’t relate to or vague spiritual affirmations. It’s a grounded, time-tested practice that combines philosophy, spirituality, and meditation into a path that’s both intellectually satisfying and...

Greetings Reader - This past week, the President of the United States got his wish: the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It’s big, alright. But there’s nothing beautiful about it. It's advertised as a bill that will weed out waste, fraud, and abuse in social safety net programs. It’s really a declaration about whose lives matter, whose histories will be told, who belongs here . . . and who doesn’t. It's a refutation of the values of yoga, codified into law. Some people think that yoga teachers...