3
Jun
2012
The Spiritual Journey
A Suffering Animal & the Navy Seals: The Journey from Weakness into the Brave Heart of a Yogi.
The sound of a whimpering dog always breaks my heart. If there is anything I can do to alleviate the suffering of an animal, I will do it. So when I heard a little puppy’s desperate screams while teaching yoga I felt obliged to go and see what kind of animal abuse was being done….
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27
Feb
2012
The Spiritual Journey
The Lesson of Third Series: Burning through Ego & Pride
On my recent trip to Mysore to continue my journey as a student of yoga I noticed that there were more people than ever in the Guided Intermediate class on Sunday. There are no words for the awesome feeling of seeing a room full of more than 50 people moving gracefully through the challenging postures…
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21
Dec
2011
The Spiritual Journey
Burning through Obstacles (Samskaras) in Ashtanga Yoga. “Almonds,” Agni & our Attachment to our own Suffering.
Each moment we have the possibility of being fresh and new, but very often we live of our lives from a habit pattern established in the past. Once these patterns are established the flow of human consciousness gets organized into certain repetitive patterns. The Sanskrit word for these repetitive patterns is a samskara. These are…
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30
Sep
2011
The Spiritual Journey
The Search for Meaning through Yoga by Kino MacGregor
The skylike nature of mind is balanced by the oceanic depths of the unconscious. The practice of yoga is like a deep sea dive to the bottom of the ocean floor that brings the sunken, hidden wrecks of the past up to be revealed in the clear light of day. Teaching yoga means keeping the…
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1
Jul
2011
The Spiritual Journey
Strong Enough to Believe in Yourself by Kino MacGregor
When the company General Electric first developed light bulbs they believed that it was absolutely impossible to create a bulb that glowed uniformly. They had the science to back their limited belief and so it was “truth” for them. Every new engineer was given the task to create a uniformly glowing bulb with the knowledge…
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12
May
2011
The Spiritual Journey
Tending the Sacred Fire by Kino MacGregor
The inner light of yoga is like a scared fire. It is the true heart and spirit of the practice. While potent and powerful the magic of the practice is also vulnerable and tenuous. The sacredness of the practice can die so easily if we do not tend to it every day. Amidst the cynic’s…
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9
Feb
2011
The Spiritual Journey
Dream a Better Dream by Kino MacGregor
“Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream. Merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” There are flashes of insight that supersede the accumulated personality of who we believe we are. These transcendental moments give us access to the eternality of love and the limitless potential of human spirit. The practice of yoga…
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21
Dec
2010
The Spiritual Journey
The Best Things in Life are Free
The glowing heart of the sun rises and sets each day and belongs to no one. The Earth is cut up into segments of private property and national boundaries but no one owns the deed to the whole planet, except maybe all of us collectively unless we just have it on loan from future generations….
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2
Dec
2010
The Spiritual Journey
Yoga Beyond Bending
Yoga at first glance seems only like a really cool way to bend and twist your body while washing and folding your joints. Sometimes the hot bodies of yoga teachers and longterm students entice many to practice in the hopes of getting that almost famous toned, slim yoga body. Yet even though some students find…
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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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