Sep 26, 2018 | Bhagavad Gītā, Practical Philosophy, Whole Life Yoga, Yogic Movement
Pain and Yoga – Note to Self Pain is inevitable. Pain is an intrinsic and very necessary part of the human experience. Pain helps protect us. It can be our friend. Yes, pain and suffering can beat us down, if we let them, but by working with them skilfully, we...
Aug 2, 2018 | Kīrtan, Sanskṛt Texts and Recitation, Whole Life Yoga
Picking up Good Vibrations – Sanskrit and Yoga Part One by James Boag Yoga is a state of balance, of integration. It could be described as that state in which the seeming pairs of opposites that characterise our experience of existence: such as up and down, light and...
Apr 4, 2018 | Practical Philosophy, Whole Life Yoga
What is Practice – Mysore Morning Freewrite 4th March 2018 What is practice? Life is practice. Life, as it is said, is the field of bondage, and the field of liberation.Yoga techniques are preparation for the practice that is life. We get what we need. If we...
Feb 20, 2018 | Bhagavad Gītā
Bob Marley and the Bhagavad Gītā Q. So James, could you tell us a bit about this Bob Marley and the Bhagavad Gītā weekend? I’m intrigued and was wondering what it’s all about.A: Sure, when I first started getting into yoga and discovering how practical its teachings...
Jan 26, 2018 | Musings, Mythology, Practical Philosophy
Representing That Which is Beyond Representation At school, I was taught many things that I have since come to consider as being highly inaccurate, misleading, or mistaken. One of these was the idea that Hinduism is a polytheistic religion, because it believes in many...
