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Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
Operation Lotus
by Kino MacGregor The experience of your first yoga class feels like embarking on a mysterious adventure into a whole new terrain. As your curiosity peers into the incense-filled hallways lined with Ganesh and Shiva the open-hearted calm beckons you to travel into your own sacred inner realm. The seductive power of yoga is an…
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2
Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
The Impossible Becomes Possible
by Kino MacGregor The promise of inner peace does not come at a cheap price. You cannot beg, borrow or cheat your way along the inner journey. Whenever you strive to create a new way of being it is simply not a matter of flipping a switch. Instead you stand at the mountain of new…
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2
Dec
2010
The Spiritual Journey
Training the Mind to See the Abundance of Greatness
by Kino MacGregor The daily practice of yoga gives us ample ground to test out the hypothesis of an infinite universe. When you see an accomplished practitioner achieve masterful feats of asana that does not mean you cannot go and accomplish the same thing. Yet it can sometimes be exceedingly frustrating to see someone accomplish…
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2
Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
The Breath of Life
When we are born we breathe in, when we die we breathe out. The space between these two breathes holds the entirety of our life experience here on Earth. While the body that houses our spirit passes away, in some ways the light of our soul never stops burning just as the light of the…
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Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
The Key to Happiness through Daily Yoga Practice
by Kino MacGregor The iconography of the yoga world transports would-be practitioners into an idyllic scene of blooming lotus flowers and gently flowing estuaries. The promise of sincere yoga practice is that this paradisiacal realm of inner peace is one day be attainable for all practitioners who commit themselves fully. Yet the “real” yoga often…
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Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
Healing Injuries with Yoga
by Kino MacGregor It is not the physicality of hatha yoga that transforms, but the state of presence cultivated by a conscious effort to heal the body and train the mind that heals. It is actually higher awareness itself that brings about great changes in practitioners’ experience of reality. One of the biggest challenges along…
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Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
Believing in Yourself through the Power of Yoga
by Kino MacGregor Yoga shows you the way and the spiritual community of friends and teachers illuminate the path, but you must take every step of the journey. The miracle you pray for is that you unroll your mat every day you can and get the courage to be a better person at the end…
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2
Dec
2010
Ashtanga Yoga
The Yoga of Purification
Yoga purifies the mind and body by asking you to develop deep self-knowledge. When you unify with the deepest part of yourself an incontrovertible understanding of not only your own life, but all life takes root. The highlights along the path of yoga are epiphany moments where your higher self is revealed to you in…
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2
Dec
2010
The Spiritual Journey
Discover the Present Moment
by Kino MacGregor Sometimes a day in the life of a yogi is plagued by fear of the yoga postures that claim to lead towards inner peace. Yet this ironic dichotomy is exactly how yoga teaches practitioners to find that elusive state of calm. Since yoga asks you to learn peace of mind it also…
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2
Dec
2010
The Spiritual Journey
Fearless Resolution
by Kino MacGregor There are moments in life that define us and determine the degree to which we are willing to allow the vital essence of our being to dictate the direction of our path. It can even feel like life is spent waiting for these pivotal moments that lead us down the road to…
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