By the time I’d finished the last chapter of Swami Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi, I’d completed my first semester of college—and I was finished with that also.
Yogananda’s stories of yogis who’d attained heightened states of consciousness and miraculous...
You will never understand the Yoga Sutras if you read them in English. The only way to really imbibe their meaning is to feel them in Sanskrit.
Each Sanskrit syllable has an emotional quality that cultures your deepest way of knowing—your intuition.
You don’t need a dictionary to know...
Once I went to a Vedic astrologer when I first began college. Of the many things he told me, one point stood out. He said, “You’ll never be happy in any profession you choose.”
I felt devastated. Every time I attempted to decide upon a career his words haunted me. I repeated...
Spend an hour gossiping. Don’t stop talking. Then feel your energy.
Your mind will be tired. Your body will feel depleted. You’ll be exhausted.
That’s because when you speak, your life force gets expelled with each exhalation as you speak. With every word your life force gets...
I once discovered the real benefit of a daily yoga practice while sequestered in Didholi, a remote Indian village along the banks of the Narmada River. Officially I was there to conduct my doctoral dissertation research, but really I was on an inner quest of self-discovery.
I was staying with...
I once discovered the real benefit of a daily yoga practice while sequestered in Didholi, a remote Indian village along the banks of the Narmada River. Officially I was there to conduct my doctoral dissertation research, but really I was on an inner quest of self-discovery.
I was staying with...
There’s one thing I’ve learned after over 15 years as a professional Vedic Astrologer: We are all imprinted beings.
Sociologists lead us to believe that we are nurtured into the people that we become. Your parents, your religion, your education, and your culture all condition what you...
“You’re destined to receive this reading when you are 20 years, nine months and three days old,” Chakrapani Ullal— Los Angeles’ most reputable Jyotishi (Vedic Astrologer)—began his discussion of my life’s fate.
Having provided him with only my name, birth...
