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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: August 2006
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Sunday, August 27, 2006. The Soul is a compass. What inspired me in these sutras was the idea that:. The soul is neither the body, nor universal intelligence. It is like a needle on a compass. It is either drawn to experiences through the instrument of the body or drawn to universal intelligence. We cannot know what that is, as we can't turn in and look at ourselves, but we can at least be aware that we are not our thoughts, experiences and sensations. The more obstacles we create through our belief in s...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: ISHTA means INDIVIDUAL
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Thursday, July 05, 2007. Because I teach ISHTA yoga and the word ISHTA means individual I have been looking at my personal practice over the last few months and really asking on a very deep level “what do I need as an individual? From this philosophical viewpoint then being an individual is extremely important and the development of your individuality through creativity, sensuality, enjoyment, and struggle, suffering, emotional, physical and mental challenges creates an interesting vibration that contrib...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: Navaratri and the goddess extraordenaire
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Sunday, October 12, 2008. Navaratri and the goddess extraordenaire. Last week I decided to dance. Not dance in the literal sense, but rather as a way to find out more about myself as a woman and how to be more true to myself. I used the beautiful Navaratri ritual as my framework and discovered many wonderful and new things about myself and the women I share my world with. For me this celebration was especially significant as I had just recently done an amazing workshop called " The path of love. During N...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: October 2008
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Sunday, October 12, 2008. Navaratri and the goddess extraordenaire. Last week I decided to dance. Not dance in the literal sense, but rather as a way to find out more about myself as a woman and how to be more true to myself. I used the beautiful Navaratri ritual as my framework and discovered many wonderful and new things about myself and the women I share my world with. For me this celebration was especially significant as I had just recently done an amazing workshop called " The path of love. During N...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: February 2007
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Sunday, February 25, 2007. Yoga and the Brain. One fascinating article entitled ‘Tracing the Synapses of Spirituality’ By Shankar Vedantam, a Washington Post Staff Writer, asks; “What creates that transcendental feeling of being one with the universe? It could be the decreased activity in the brain's parietal lobe, which helps regulate the sense of self and physical orientation, research suggests. How does religion prompt divine feelings of love and compassion? What drives the split? The sense of time, t...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: September 2006
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Saturday, September 23, 2006. The evolution of Love. When the heart is open. Love is a poem. A poem struck like a bell. You feel it and hear it ringing for miles. But what is love. And what is "in love". If we are love. How can we be in love. Yet the chemicals within us are so strong that as our hearts break free from the cage of our little self we absolutely believe that when we look at another that they are the object of our love - that we are separate to them and are "in" love with them.
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: March 2007
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Sunday, March 11, 2007. Bhakti: The Yoga of the Heart. This week’s blog is inspired by my own evolving yoga practice. I have been in a very devotional space of late, surrendering more to my vulnerability and allowing art, music and nature to remind me that everything is LOVE. Another aspect of Bhakti is singing the names of the divine in Bhajans (chanting in unison) and Kirtans. For instance Swami Venkatesananda in his book Total Love shares:. Mayy avesya mano ye mam nityayukta upasate. 8220;If you requi...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: Bhakti: The Yoga of the Heart
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Sunday, March 11, 2007. Bhakti: The Yoga of the Heart. This week’s blog is inspired by my own evolving yoga practice. I have been in a very devotional space of late, surrendering more to my vulnerability and allowing art, music and nature to remind me that everything is LOVE. Another aspect of Bhakti is singing the names of the divine in Bhajans (chanting in unison) and Kirtans. For instance Swami Venkatesananda in his book Total Love shares:. Mayy avesya mano ye mam nityayukta upasate. 8220;If you requi...
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: June 2006
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006. Karma means action- take action- but what is that action? Is it merely doing or is it the action of complete surrender. Is it the ego assuming there is something it must do in order to be? Or is it just that in the being is the doing? Sometimes I feel like the arrow, my master has taken aim, but I have no idea about the mark, other times my gaze is as steady as the archer and I don't even need to look to shoot. I am guided by the one true soul of me. Photo of Ganesh by Tao Jones.
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ISHTA SYSTEM BLOG: September 2008
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Sunday, September 07, 2008. Yoga as a Path of Love. If I had known 7 years ago what yoga was really about I probably would have packed up my yoga mat and headed for the hills. But like anything in life no one can tell you what your in for, no one can prepare you for the ride of your life and no one can really explain what the true meaning of Yoga is. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). A blog that highlights my own interests in the subjects of Hatha, Tantra and Ayurveda. View my complete profile.