ISHTA Blog
Enlightenment is like a joke!
Seekers on the spiritual path often ask what enlightenment really means. What is enlightenment? I say, ‘Enlightenment is like a joke!’’ It’s like a fish in the ocean searching for the ocean. Once upon a time, there was a congregation of fish, who got together to...
The Dance of Light
THE DANCE OF LIGHT "If we want to see anything in the outer world, in addition to keeping our eyes wide open, we need light - either sunlight or electric light or some other kind of light. But in the inner world, even with our eyes closed, we...
Stillness
STILLNESS "It has been said: 'Stillness is the language God speaks, and everything else is a bad translation.' Stillness is really another word for space. Becoming conscious of stillness whenever we encounter it in our lives will connect us...
Cultivating a Yoga Mind
CULTIVATING A YOGA MIND "In yoga we simply try to create the conditions in which the mind becomes as useful as possible for our actions. This can only happen gradually - every shortcut is an illusion. It is a step-by-step process,...
Why Yoga Nidra Is So Beneficial
In the practice of Yoga Nidra and Third Eye Meditation, the practitioner has the welcome opportunity to drop all the typical entrapments of traditional meditation
Hum-Sa Kriya Practice
Kriyas are cleansing actions taken to purify the mind and body of those patterns of thought, emotion and experience that remain held within our bodies and which condition and limit us..
The Art of Window Cleaning
The original seed of misjudgment colours everything we see. As we begin the process of cleaning the dirt from the outside of my windows, we notice something interesting… there is also dirt on the inside
Prana and the Chakras
Yoga is so much more than just a physical practice or fitness regime – it offers a scientific way of connecting to the subtle systems of the body to work optimally for our personal evolution
Making Mindful Changes
With busy lives and many pressures, we all know we need to take time to nurture and ground ourselves – to breathe, to connect with our inner wisdom and nature. But often, we find it is far easier to talk about what we should do and explain why we can’t find the time...
Going Beyond Our Non-Selves
Every time we sit for meditation or go to a yoga class we essentially face ourselves, we say. But is that true? Observation says its not always so and that sometimes we face our non-selves. Yes, our many non-selves, or self-images. True or not? One by one, these many...