I was on a yoga retreat in Tuscany Italy a few years ago and I realized that Karma is really just like a big game of air hockey. After a week of yoga, a few of us sat around talking and drinking some wine on the last night in this amazing 11th century farmhouse. [...]
The key is to open your heart and give Love as much as you can to everyone within your reach because you are everything and everything is you and God is in the details. So when giving to others selflessly, you are actually giving it to yourself because, “Thou Art That.” This [...]
Got this from the LA Times food section. Great article about the demise of Farmer’s markets, Fresh Gelato (plus a recipe for gelato.) But what got my eye was this recipe for a tart made from yogurt and english peas.
Reprinted from LATimes.com, Food Section; April 11, 2007
From: The Prophet, by Kahlil Gibran
Your friend is your needs answered. He is your field which you sow with love and reap with Thanksgiving. And he is you’re board and your fireside. For you come to him with your hunger and you seek him for peace.
When your friend speaks his mind, [...]
Writing is easy for me. I can say that now. I can embrace it. There was a time when if the writing came too easy I’d be waiting for the other shoe to drop. I wouldn’t accept that perhaps there was something that was easy; something that I could do with [...]
This is not at all like east coast rappers vs. west coast rappers, to be clear.
The first three chakras are often referred to as ‘the lower triangle.’ The heart is the fourth chakra where everything ‘bends’ as it were. Then there are the upper three chakras, often referred to as ‘the upper triangle.’
Chakras have basic [...]
I don’t know about that title. It just seemed a little too heavy leaving it at “On Depression.” Anyway…
Depression is a feeling of hopelessness created by lack of movement or stagnation. It’s feeling of being stuck which leads to an attitude of ‘what’s the use?’ This is happening more and more because of the digital [...]
By Nelly Coneway (Dayaal Kaur)
Reprinted from LA YOGA magazine September 2006 Vol. 5/ Num. 6
Her spiritual name, Tej, means radiance and perfectly fits the warm heart and soul of one of the great teachers of Kundalini Yoga. Her smile is an open door to infinity and her warm eyes penetrate deeply, reading all like [...]
This was prepared for a vegetarian cooking workshop taught in spring of 2006. Information on the spices and ingredients in “Mung beans & Rice” also known as “Kitcheree.”
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The holy trinity of herbs- Garlic, Ginger and Onions. Yogi Bhajan says that these three herbs are miraculous in combination. Not only [...]
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Mung Beans & Rice Cleansing Diet.
Eat only mung beans and rice for 30 days as a mono-diet. Cook with lots of vegetables. Yogi Bhajan says,” You Americans are rich. You should but lots of vegetables in your mung beans and rice.”A good cleansing diet that gives plenty of nourishment.
Good for the kidneys, colon, [...]