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Jun
2025
The Spiritual Journey
Dharma Talk: The Discerning Eye of the Yogin: Becoming Connoisseurs of Spiritual Knowledge
We are, by nature, discriminating beings. We develop taste — for art, food, fashion, architecture. We learn to tell what is real from what is imitation, what is durable from what is fleeting. We become connoisseurs of culture, cuisine, aesthetics. So what happens when that same discriminating capacity is turned inward? This is what yogic…
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May
2019
The Spiritual Journey
Would you still love me if I don’t handstand anymore? By Kino MacGregor
So much of the contemporary yoga world is tied to ableism. Young students born with natural physical talent or those with years of dance, gymnastic or other training excel to soaring heights and are lauded as champion teachers. Students of yoga give these yogis talk time and elevate them to a high status based on…
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2017
The Spiritual Journey
Lessons from the Maldives
I have always wanted to travel. In high school I ventured around the U.S. on debate trips and that was the beginning of a yearning to explore and see the world. When I was 22 years old I decided to to go to India to study yoga. When I was 25 years old I set…
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