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Stop and Go

Jai Gopal — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:14:21 +0000

I often tell classes when I have them in a rest period, to drop all tension from the previous exercise. What happens after a tough pose or movement is that the mind wants to stay ready so the student keeps the body tense in anticipation of another tough exercise. When you're done with something, an action, a job, an exercise, then you should drop everything associated with it and become neutral. There's a time for action and a time for rest. The applies to everything in life. The mind is, in part infinite and we often carry around much more than we need anticipating the next tough thing in our [...]

Why do Teacher’s Training?

Jai Gopal — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:44:52 +0000

The following is written by my teacher, Harijiwan about the teacher’s training experience. I will be participating as an apprentice in this teacher’s training. I urge anyone who has the will and the means to do it. It will certainly change your life.

Join the Golden Chain -

by Harijiwan Singh Khalsa

In [...]

Why Peace IS Possible

Jai Gopal — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:17:53 +0000

“We have electricity and sewage throughout most of the world because we agreed as a collective group that this was a minimum standard of living. Peace will be possible on earth when everyone decides collectively that this is how we wish to live. “

My teacher said this recently and it really hit home. It [...]

Winter Solstice 2007 Re-Cap

Jai Gopal — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 20:44:14 +0000

It was the best of times…

Yeah, that’s about it. The best of times and I got several great photos. The first night was cooooooold. Then, gradually it warmed to the point where many people were at the waterfront, boating, taking walks, playing volleyball and laying out in the sun. I didn’t [...]

Victory: What it means to be a spiritual warrior

Jai Gopal — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:26:28 +0000

I have often struggled with what it means to be a warrior of a peaceful nature. Having been trained as an officer at West Point and then serving in the Army for five years, I constantly question what it means to truly be a peaceful warrior in this life. At first I rejected [...]

The Power of Intention, Resistance and The Law of Attraction

Jai Gopal — Thu, 31 May 2007 01:14:58 +0000

When you set an intention, it’s like making a decision about what you wish to attract to yourself. When you decide something absolutely, the universe then responds based on your thoughts. If there is enough of belief behind your thoughts then what you want to attract to yourself will be pulled to [...]

Holding The Space: The Power of Positive Mantra

Jai Gopal — Wed, 02 May 2007 20:44:22 +0000

When your mind changes, you change. When you change, what you project changes. When what you project changes, what you experience changes-- and this becomes what you see in front of [...]

What is a friend?

Jai Gopal — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:10:20 +0000

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, [...]

The Military and Veterans Embrace Yoga

Jai Gopal — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 17:33:48 +0000

Yoga sweeping the nation and the world as a way to center and find peace from the inside out as well as keep the body fit. More importantly it is providing many in high stress situations and those with post traumatic stress disorder with a way to unload the sub-conscious pain brought on my [...]

The Paradox of Worship

Jai Gopal — Thu, 29 Dec 2005 22:38:18 +0000

When you worship, when you bow, you’re bowing to your own soul potential within. This is why idols and graven images are so dangerous. The ego wants to classify and keep everything on the outside, to keep everything limited and manageable. So a statue of a God, pick one, is a trap because giving that [...]