by Olga | May 5, 2022 | Focus of the Month
sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ sarve santu nirāmayāḥ sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu mā kaścid duḥkha-bhāg bhavet May all be happy. May all be free from sickness. May all look to the good of others. May none suffer from sorrow. —Vedic Prayer Ahiṃsā, non-harming, is a practice that...
by Olga | Mar 30, 2022 | Focus of the Month
sthira-sukham āsanam The seat should be steady and joyful. YS 2.46 Āsana can act a vortex pulling into its practice kindness, devotion, stillness, beauty and self reflection. As we move our body and attune our mind through an āsana practice we are...
by Olga | Mar 2, 2022 | Focus of the Month
ॐ सत्यं ज्ञानम् आनन्दं ब्रह्मा ॥ Satyam Jñanam Ānandam Brahma Truth, Knowledge, Bliss, Absolute Yoga is a word that encompasses a very wide range. It can refer to practices as well as end results. There are yoga traditions that hail from the Himalayas and those that...
by Olga | Feb 2, 2022 | Focus of the Month
ॐ पूर्णमदः पूर्णमिदं पूर्णात्पूर्णमुदच्यते । पूर्णस्य पूर्णमादाय पूर्णमेवावशिष्यते ॥ ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः ॥oṃ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam pūrṇāt pūrṇam udacyate pūrṇasya pūrṇam ādāya pūrṇam evāvaśiṣyate oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ oṃ pūrṇam adaḥ pūrṇam idam pūrṇāt pūrṇam...
by Olga | Jan 10, 2022 | Focus of the Month
श्री कृष्णः शरणं मम śrī kṛṣṇaḥ śaraṇaṃ mama I take refuge in the all-attractive Lord who is the true identity of all being. (translation by Sharon Gannon) It is the new year, and you might have expected a more uplifting title. Dying is not the first thing that comes...
by Olga | Dec 5, 2021 | Focus of the Month
Oṁtvam eva mātā ca pitā tvam evatvam eva banduś ca sakhā tvam evatvam eva vidyā draviṇaṁ tvam evatvam eva sarvaṁ mama deva deva Oh god, you are my mother, father, relative, friend, knowledge, wealth. You are my everything. This verse is from the ‘Pandava Gita’,...
