megna paula4 hours ago2 minSamadhi: to live woke.Neuroscience and medical science tells us that to be conscious is to be awake, responsive. Ancient and mystic sciences tells us that to b...
megna paulaa day ago2 minAparigraha: non-attachment Aparigraha is taught in the middle of Yamas and niyamas as non-attachment, got-grasping, the mastery of which Eds the cycles of birth, de...
megna paulaa day ago2 minSaucha/simplicity Abundance is our reality. How we respond is how we live. We can respond to abundance with sensitivity, gratitude, or with discontent, cyc...
megna paula2 days ago2 minSatya: be you.The primary reason to be honest is to save yourself the energy of the anxiety required to plan and maintain deception. Like any habit, di...
megna paula3 days ago3 minSvadyaya/ self-realization Svadyaya is the contemplation of oneself. What do we contemplate? Mysteries, the unknown. We wonder: what is it? Where? And then when we ...
megna paula5 days ago2 minGreed/ belonging/ Asteya We can arrive at greed along one of two paths. One is to live in times of abundance and act as if resources are scarce. The other is the ...
megna paula6 days ago2 minIf you know: TapasIf you know, you know. Before the pandemic, leggings and day time freedom were the domain of the unfettered, the people who had never see...
megna paulaFeb 184 minHigher Purpose and the Hotel CaliforniaHinduism is like the Hotel California: there is plenty of room; you can check out, but you can never leave. No Hindu will ever convince y...
megna paulaFeb 173 minSantosha and the inspiration of dissatisfaction Habituation is the enemy of contentment. We become accustomed to our easy lives of comfort, which slowly dulls our survival senses so tha...
megna paulaFeb 153 minAhimsa: freedom from painWhat could be the evolutionary origin of mind dis-order? If it did not have some natural purpose, it would have disappeared long ago. Jus...
megna paulaFeb 144 minLoving, Liking, and BhramacharyaToday, and perhaps always, there is so much confusion between liking and loving, desiring and choosing. Framing our relationships in ligh...
megna paulaFeb 133 minKarmaThis is the law of Karma: everything is action and reaction. That Newton is credited for this “discovery” says more about humans than it ...
megna paulaFeb 124 minAsana: guides and gravityWhen breath leads movement, and the mind rests in the body, we are in a physical flow state. This is practical energy work. The movement ...
megna paulaFeb 103 minAsana in context of Yoga PhilosophyTo master yoga asana, we begin by excelling at the art of practice. There is more than just the showing up and showing off— the way in wh...
megna paulaFeb 64 minthinking about thinkingWhy were ancient ascetics inventing and pursuing yoga? Not to unveil six packs but to unveil reality— the direct perception hidden by the...
megna paulaFeb 43 minUndoings: creating inner freedomThe human being is a creative interplay of energies. Each of us needs a unique balance of inner structure to guide our highest potential ...
megna paulaFeb 23 minSpace, time, and how to feel powerfulWhat is space-time, why do we feel like we never have enough of it, and how do we happily work what we have? When we feel the optimal bal...
megna paulaFeb 13 minGood vibes: what they are, and how to make themWhen we feel good energy, seek good energy, experience the flush of a quick run, long yoga session, new love, deep sleep and feel the ins...
megna paulaJan 315 minSitting, Breathing, and Kundalini rising.The largest force field we experience is gravity. Like change, it is our constant, invisible and ever present, so definitive that we forg...
megna paulaJan 284 minPranayamaThere are few structures I can speak of with the love that I have for the diaphragm; no action I love more than the breath in, the primar...