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Adi Shankaracharya The Great Sage of Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta: The Non-Dual Vision
Aham Vritti—The Whirl of “I”
All Life is One – Taittiriya Upanishad
Anandamayi Ma – I Am the Same
Angelus Silesius – God Cannot Be Grasped
Atman The Self
Bandhas—The Three Energetic Locks
Becoming Immortal – Shvetashvatara Upanishad
Bernadette Roberts – A Way of Seeing and Knowing
Bhakti Yoga: The Yoga of Devotion
Carl Jung – Thinking with the Heart
Centering in the Spiritual Heart
Dasha Maha Vidya The Ten Great Wisdoms
Dionysius the Areopagite – Seeing God
Doshas: The Three Humors of the Body
Edgar Allen Poe – Between Sleep and Waking
Enter the Lotus of the Heart – Kaivalya Upanishad
Friedrich Nietzsche – On Inspiration
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Hadewijch – Overwhelmed by Love
How to Control Your Thoughts: Ramana Maharshi about Meditation
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Jan Van Ruysbroeck – Simple Ineffability
Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Wisdom
John Muir – A Glorious Conversion
Karma Yoga The Yoga of Conscious Action
Kleshas The 5 Fundamental Causes of Suffering
Kumbhaka The Retention of the Breath
Kundalini Shakti The Serpent Power
Lester Levenson – An Insight on Love
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Mala The Three Kinds of Impurity
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Ojas The Subtle Life Force
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Open Attention
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Plato – A Journey into Absolute Beauty
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Ramana Maharshi – How to Meditate
Ramana Maharshi – The First Self-Inquiry
Ramana Maharshi – The Immortality of the Heart Center
Ramana Maharshi on Naturalness—Sahaja
Ramana Maharshi: About Surrender
Ramana Maharshi: Sphurana, Sacred Vibrations
Ramana Maharshi: What Is Dhyana—Meditation
Sahaja, Naturalness
Sahasrara and the Heart – Taittirya Upanishad
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux – Flowing into the Will of God
Samadhi Ecstatic Union
Samskaras and Vasanas Subconscious Tendencies
Saraha – The Royal Song
Sat-Chit-Ananda Pure Existence-Pure Awareness-Pure Bliss
Self-Inquiry Meditation: Ramana Maharshi’s Method
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Somatization Infusing the Body with Spiritual Attitudes
Spanda—The Sacred Tremor of the Heart
St. John of Ruysbroeck – The Incomprehensible Light
St. John of the Cross – Everything and Nothing
Stillness Another Name for the Self
Sublimation
Surrender Letting Go and Opening to the Self
Symeon the New Theologian – God is Light
T.S. Eliot – O dark dark dark
Tantra Yoga The Yoga of Integrating Consciousness and Energy
Tat Tvam Asi – You Are That! – Chandogya Upanishad
The Awareness of the Breathing Pauses
The Effects of Practicing Hridaya Yoga
The Five States of Mind
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The King of Gods, Indra, and the King of Demons, Virochana
The light that shines forever – Shvetashvatara Upanishad
The Methodology of Hridaya Yoga
The need to come back to Meditation – Kena Upanishad
The Path from Desire to Liberation – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Radiant Light – Chandogya Upanishad
The Self is Hidden in the Heart – Mundaka Upanishad
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The Three Kinds of Karma
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The Ways that Lead to Immortality – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
The Witness Consciousness
This Self is Brahman — Chandogya Upanishad
Vak—The Eternal Word
Vayus The Five Vital Airs
What Are the Chakras?
What Is Hridaya, the Spiritual Heart?
What Is the Heart Center?
When the soul rests quietly in the Heart – Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Who is the Self that we meditate on? – Aitareya Upanishad
Yama Five Yogic Guidelines for Interacting with the Outer World
Yin and Yang—The Twofold Character of the Universe
Yoga: Union with the Divine
Yogananda – Dissolution in a Universe of Light
Yoni—Sacred Source
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Our Happiness
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The Importance of the Purification of the Mind for Self-Realization
My Second Life Continues
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Measuring Devotion: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Awakening Love: A Return to the Heart
Living the Wisdom of Karma Yoga
What Is Tantra Yoga? Debunking Myths and Understanding Its True Essence
Beyond the Void: A Journey of Effort, Witnessing, and Grace
The Depth of True Devotion: The Importance of Bhajans in Bhakti Yoga
Rewriting Our Relationship to Suffering
Scribbles in Infinity
Embracing Humbleness: A Path to Peace
The Cosmic Urge for Self-Awareness
Dance, Revelry, and the Sacred Act of Rejoicing
Poetry as a Portal to Love
The Love of Practice
Tribute to Ramana Maharshi
Choosing Peace: The Path From Conflict to Love
The Dance of the Void: Kundalini Awakening as the Union of Shiva and Shakti
Making Consecration a Consistent Practice
Exploring Beauty as a Doorway to Love
It Is Love Itself That Sanctifies
The Transformative Power of Self-Aware Action: Exploring Karma Yoga
Turning to the Bhaktas as We Turn A New Page
Reminders on Integration for When Life Gets Messy
Are Actors Actually Aristocrats?
Why We Meditate during Transitions and the New Year
The Fire of Aspiration
In Defense of Ecstatic Dance
Gratitude and Grace
My Second Life Has Just Begun
Buddha, Deida, Self-Improvement, and Self-Love Pt. 2
Buddha, Deida, Self-Improvement, and Self-Love Pt. 1
Compassion and Facing “These Challenging Times”
Life and Death in the Present Moment
Cutting the Gordian Knot: Authenticity in Karma Yoga
Can Thoughts and Emotions Point to Presence?
The Heart Will Never Be Betrayed: Realizations and Recognitions from a Silent Retreat
Living in the “I Am:” The Intersection of Self-Inquiry and Karma Yoga
Fundamentals of Karma Yoga: Meditation in Action
Karma Yoga Practice: Anchoring in the Heart Center
Spiritual Adolescence
Dead Poets, Living Questions
Invoking Competence and Excellence in Our Lives
Relaxing Resistances
The End of Your Life as You Know It
What Is the Mind?
Plant Good Seeds
The Open Road
There Are No Bad Notes
From Dharana to Dhyana
A Firm and Comfortable Seat
Reflections from Silence
Silence, Music, Colors
Honor Your Soul
The Other Gunas
Is the World Real?
What Goes Around, Comes Around: Clarifying Karmic Misconceptions
Shyamasundara
The Dark Night of the Soul: When Fear Becomes a Blessing
A Simple Prayer: Cultivating Gratitude and the Wonder of Life
Reincarnation and the Circle of Birth and Death
Meeting the Buddha: A Dialogue of Doubt and Faith
Wholehearted Intentionality
Saltless Dough Balls
The Yoga of Gardening
Sattvic Life, Sattvic Mind: Understanding and Applying the Teachings of the Three Gunas
Holding onto the Saree: Faith and Surrender within the Beloved’s Chess Game
Why Not Be Totally Changed Into Fire?
Beyond the Mind: Integrating Philosophy and Experience
Viriditas, the Greening Power of the Divine
Burning of the Heart: The Inner Secret of Meditation
Upward and Inward Spirals: Yama and Niyama in Everyday Life
The Egg of a Duck: Inspirations on Renunciation and Divine Madness from Shams of Tabriz
Remembering the Way Home
The Still, Small Voice: Opening to Receive Divine Guidance and Intuition
The Metaphor of Shiva
A Dance with Darkness: Celebrating the Winter Solstice
In Love with Emptiness: Contemplations on the Five Bhavas in Bhakti Yoga (Part 2)
Divine Relationship: Contemplations on the Five Bhavas of Bhakti Yoga (Part 1)
Hridaya Bhajans — the Yoga of Devotion
Connections Between Hridaya Yoga and Kashmir Shaivism
St. Giuseppe Moscati Feast Day
Celebrating the Life of Thich Nhat Hanh
Introduction to Kashmir Shaivism
St. Francis of Assisi Feast Day
The Call of Self-Awareness
Santosha: Contemplations on Contentment and the Fullness of the Present Moment
The Art of Falling
The Message of the Heart: Do Not Fear
How to Use Challenging Times as a Means for Awakening
The True Sense of Belonging
Celebrating Guru Purnima
Celebrating Padmasambhava
Celebrating the Dalai Lama
United for Oaxaca Hurricane Agatha Relief
Into Great Silence: Approaching the Divine Mystery through Prayer
Celebrating St. Joan of Arc
Praying to Goddess Tara in the Confusion of Our Times
The Monkey and the Tiger: The Synergy of Effort and Grace in Spiritual Practice
How to Create a Home Altar and Keep It Alive
Celebrating Swami Lakshmanjoo, the Great Teacher of Kashmir Shaivism
Celebrating Shankaracharya, the Father of Advaita Vedanta
The Fire of Truth: Kundalini and Kundalini Yoga
Tonglen: Awakening the Heart’s Compassion
Ode to Solitude
Spiritual Fasting: Being near the Divine
Freedom and Balance in Meditation
Celebrating Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion
Trust Is a Spiritual Attitude
A Shared Solitude
What Makes a “Good” Meditation?
What Is Pranayama and How Does It Fit Into the Yogic Path?
Happy Birthday, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu!
Courage and the Path of Love
Will Spiritual Manifestation Bring True Happiness?
Patience, Surrender, and the Spirit of Karma Yoga
The Secret Beauty of Constant Practice
A Moment of Freedom Can Change Your Life
Tu B’Shevat: Happy Birthday to the Trees!
Love Everyone and Tell the Truth: Satya, Ahimsa, and Living in Authenticity
Happy Birthday to Paramahansa Yogananda!
Happy Birthday, Ramana Maharshi!
Shambhala: Opening to a Subtle History
Celebrating Christ Consciousness: Merry Christmas!
Shambhala: The Realm of the Bodhisattvas
Seeing the Miraculous: Celebrating the Virgin of Guadalupe
Bittersweet Desire: Intimacy and Otherness in the Pure Land of the Heart
Sharing Silence: The Beauty, Power, and Challenges of Sangha
Take a Walk: Meeting Nature from the Spiritual Heart
Happy Karthika Deepam! — Honoring the Inner Light
Onions, Garlic, and Ayurveda
Yoga and Ayurveda: How to Develop the Best Practice for Your Dosha
Happy Diwali! — Celebrating the Inner Light
Learning to Love Useless Moments: Natural Cycles and the Beauty of Doing Nothing
¡Feliz Día de Muertos!—Celebrating the Day of the Dead
Hymn to Death: A Contemplation by Sahajananda
How to Dance in the Impermanence of Life
St. Teresa of Ávila — A Consummate Karma Yogi
What Is Self-Awareness?
Navratri – Celebrating the Divine Mother
Beginner’s Mind, Open Heart: Living in Freshness and Simplicity
Be a Whole Human: Integration on the Spiritual Path
The Equinox: Finding Truth in Liminal Spaces
Yom Kippur: Entering the Book of Life
Happy Birthday, Swami Sivananda!
What Can We Learn from a Changing World?
Celebrating Pachamama Day
Bhajans: Chanting from the Depths
Meeting Pain with Love: The Grace and Paradox of Compassion
Saying Nothing: Prayer and the Spiritual Heart
You Are Always United with the Whole
Karma Yoga: Finding Absolute Freedom in the Present Moment
The Felt Sense of Freedom: The Path of the Body
Hridaya Yoga France Reopening June 16th!
Connecting with the Inner Guru
The Majesty of Love
Parenting As a Spiritual Path
Sahajananda on Trust and Surrender
Devotion: Meeting God as One in the Heart
Cultivating a Healthy Ego: Finding Fluidity in the Moment
Self-Inquiry: Awakening to the Mystery
Maha Shivaratri: Awakening to the Inner Light
The Process of Awakening
Transfiguration: Opening to Mystery and Seeing Truth
How to Begin a Yoga Practice
Temporary Closure of Hridaya Yoga France
A 12-Week Contemplation on the Yamas and Niyamas
Self-Awareness Satsang 1: Solitude, Aloneness, Confusion, Time, Conscious Shocks, and Trust
Self-Awareness Satsang 2: Being Values, Cultivating Fearlessness, and Increasing Awareness
Self-Awareness Satsang 3: Self-Awareness and the Undivided Space of the Soul
Self-Awareness Satsang 4: How Self-Observation Leads to Self-Awareness
Self-Awareness Satsang 5: General Guidelines for Practicing Self-Awareness
Self-Awareness Satsang 6: Psychological Flexibility and Spiritual Centeredness
Self-Awareness Satsang 7: Spiritual Insight Is More Than Philosophy
Self-Awareness Satsang 8: Self-Doubt, the Comfort Zone, and Petty Tyrants
Self-Awareness Satsang 9: A Further Exploration of the Art of Self-Awareness
Self-Awareness Satsang 10: The Heart as the Cosmos and What Is Your Idea?
Self-Awareness and the Joy of Re-collection: Entering the Flow of Life
The Undivided Space of the Soul
Fear and Fearlessness on the Path to Truth
The Grace of Uncertainty: Trusting in the Heart During a Pandemic
A Message from Sahajananda About Global Events
Winter Solstice–Friday Dec 21, 2019
The Heart Of Your Inner Child
The Vision of Our Community Development Department
All of It Is for You: Serving in the 49-Day Retreat
Educando el corazón: Sharing the Heart with Kindergarteners
Karma Yoga: Serving with Awareness and Love
Buddhas Everywhere
The Language of Beauty
Transfiguration: Seeing Beyond the Form of any Form
The Prayer of the Heart and Christ Consciousness
Transfiguration Ritual at Hridaya
Recipe For a Yogi Snow Day
The Dance of Nirvana and Samsara
From the Terrible to the Sublime: Beauty and the Spiritual Heart
Why Practice Shavasana: The Benefits and Meaning of Yoga’s Simplest Asana
The Tears of Ramana: Living with the Full Embracement of Our Humanity
Sharing the Love: An Update on Hridaya’s Projects in the Local Community
Karma Yoga: The Yoga of Action Done with Awareness, Detachment, and Love
Sri Ramakrishna on Karma Yoga: Devotion as a Safeguard
Examples of Great Karma Yogis
The Union of Science and Spirituality, Part 2
The Union of Science and Spirituality
Why Hridaya Yoga Courses Are So Cheap
Using Nature as a Guru
Lifeguards: Improving Mazunte Safety
Expanding on the Ohsawa Diet
Mauna: The State of Silence
The Power of Deep Listening
What is Neti Neti?
All Life Is Sacred: A Reflection on the 49-Day Silent Meditation Retreat
The Price of Enlightenment: A Reflection on Money and Spirituality
The Heart of Earthquake Relief in Mexico
Finding Advaita in Daily Life
Beginning the Path of Pure Intention
Sitting and Health: Sitting Is the New… Sitting?
The Divinity of Laughter: The Natural State Is a Playful State
Who Am I… Playing With?
The Limitations of Shadow Work: A Yogic Perspective
Finding Nirvana in Samsara
A First Experience with Yoni Puja
Coming Home to the Spiritual Heart
4 Signs Your Spiritual Practice Is Going Deep Even When You Feel Stuck
The Unending Pilgrimage
You are…
Seven Weeks in a Silent Meditation Retreat: A Song of the Heart
A Journey of Self-Healing: Releasing an Ovarian Cyst
Men’s Circles: A Gathering of Men
Tantric Rituals: Yoni Puja
Karma Yoga, What Else?
Motherhood and Self-Inquiry
The Howl of Presence
The Value of Patience in Understanding People and Developing Spiritual Relationships
Tantric Rituals
The Spine of the Night
Benefits of Meditation Practice
Psychology and Spirituality: Mutually Exclusive or Two Sides of the Same Coin?
Surrender to Grace: Learning to Trust
Integrating Daily Life into Spirituality
The Framework for Living an Intentional Life
How to Move from Fright to Freedom: Growing into Love Awareness
I Am Highly Sensitive: 5 Tips for Being Sensitive in a World That Isn’t
True Man: A Journey into Wholeness
The Dark Night of the Soul: When Fear Becomes a Blessing
A Yogi’s Guide to Trump: Examining Your Reactions
I Compassion, You Compassion, We Compassion: Cultivating Compassion in Daily Life
3 Questions to Ask Before Doing a Meditation Retreat
The Dance Between Global Awareness and Inner Peace
Inner Transformation: Where Are You in the Journey?
Meditation Tips: Freedom and Relaxation
The Wound of Love: Our Guide Home
The Ups and Downs of Following Your Spiritual Aspiration
Guardians of the Heart: My Experience in the Yazidi Refugee Camp
What Is Tantra?
A Walk Beyond Darkness: Transforming Suffering by Opening to Light
Silent Meditation Retreat in Spanish: Found in Translation
Brotherhood: Powerful Circles of Men
New Masculinity: Beyond the Patriarchal
Headstand for Beginners
The Art of Karma Yoga
Walking into the Unknown
Tantra and Mandalas
For the Love of Sangha
Stay in the Present Moment
How to Let Go: Discovering the Joy of Farewells
The Music of the Heart
Spiritual Healing Through Yoga
The Truth Behind the Curtain: A 49-Day Retreat Experience
Benefits of Meditation: A Change in Perspective
Do You Fully Feel?
The Quest for Ramana Village
Are You Depressed, Or Are You Walking The Spiritual Path (Without Even Knowing It)?
Are You Spiritual or Just Full of Yourself?
A Dubious Invitation
Healing and Evolving through Subtle Breathwork
Reflections on a 40-Day Dark Retreat
Poetry from the Heart: Who Am I?
Navratri
Yoni Puja: Worshipping Shakti
Shiva Lingam Puja
The Elixir of Life: Across History and World Cultures
The Meaning of the Spiritual Name Sahajananda
An Interview with Sahajananda
Why Yoga? Why Now?
The Namarupa
Tai Chi, Qigong, and Daoist Alchemy
What Is Meditation?
Perseverance
The Hridaya Teacher Training Course: What a Ride!
Sun Gazing Tapas Journal – Month 3 by Adina
Patience
Sun Gazing Tapas Journal- Month 2 by Adina
Sun Gazing Tapas Journal by Adina
Ahimsa and Violence in Modern Society
Yoga Health Benefits
Yoga Practice—The Bridge Between Doing and Being
What Is Yoga?
A Silent Retreat Reflection
Healing Epilepsy with Meditation: Tamara’s Story
A Visit to See the Turtles!
Heal Diabetes Naturally with Hridaya Yoga
Teaching Hridaya Yoga
Who Am I?
There Is Water in My Nose and I Put it There | Neti Pot
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Reflections on Sutra 1
Body Mind Sex Soul
Yoga at Home: Continuing the Hridaya Practice
Poetry from the Heart
Think, Say, Do and Be ONE
Pure Intention: A Heart with Attitude
Persian Watermelon Rind Jam
Vegan Spaghetti Bolognese & Parmesan
So Pure
What Does Hridaya Yoga Mean?
Seeking the Silence, Into the Pause
A 17-Day Hridaya Silent Meditation Retreat Experience
Stay, A Poem
It All Makes Sense Now
Shifting Self-Love from Negative to Necessary
How to See in the Dark: The Science of Dark Retreats
What Is Love?
Nisargadatta Maharaj on Love
Letter to God
Charged by Joy
Echoes of Stillness
Finding Freedom: Meditative Adventures of a Travelling Yogini
Shankaracharya
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