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Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Root of Integral Yoga – Part 1

Kalin Barburescu — Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:41:58 +0000

We owe to the great Sage Patanjali a workable yoga system that has become the blueprint of most yoga that is practiced today. Patanjali’s wisdom comes not only from the knowledge he teaches, but from his ability to collect, assess and present the science of union in the Yoga Sutras.

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Dare to Live in Ecstasy: A Case of ‘All or Nothing’

Kalin Barburescu — Mon, 11 Dec 2023 09:15:58 +0000

Once an aspirant asked his Master, “Master, why are we not always ecstatic?” The Master replied, “Because we are afraid” The aspirant continued his inquiry, “What are we afraid of, Master?” With a subtle smile the Master replied, “We are afraid to become ecstatic”.

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The ‘I’ in the Centre

Kalin Barburescu — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 08:30:28 +0000

A common ineffable but tangible thread unites us all, inextricably joining us as One, of the same original Source. Yet, since childhood, we are taught to live based on our differences and separations from each other, to look outwards, away from the centre where this One-ness is experienced. From the first day of our lives, […]

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Intimacy and Career: Do these two exclude each other? – PART 2

Ana Stoian — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:45:51 +0000

Intimacy and career in modern families ... one of the two, but often both, are sacrificed as time passes, without us really noticing. Is there a way to pay escape of this paradigm?

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Intimacy and Career: Do these two exclude each other? – PART 1

developer — Sat, 12 Aug 2023 12:51:22 +0000

Intimacy and career in modern families ... one of the two, but often both, are sacrificed as time passes, without us really noticing. Is there a way to pay escape of this paradigm?

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Rightful Success

Ana Stoian — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 15:03:20 +0000

Many of the wishes we strive to fulfill are based on conjuncture, superficial choices, and don’t find a deep and sustainable support in our being.

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Success and Happiness: Can We Have Them Both? – PART 2

Ana Stoian — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:21:26 +0000

Very often people expect, "to be happy” after they finish the “hard work” of becoming successful. In other words, on the way to success (which implies hard work) we don’t have room for happiness ...

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Success and Happiness: Can We Have Them Both? – Part 1

Mayavin — Wed, 29 Dec 2021 11:01:50 +0000

Success has become one of the most talked about subjects these days because we believe that it brings happiness. But does it? We have assigned a lot of importance to success, yet reality shows that, in fact, success in itself doesn’t hold much real value for us. Studies regarding our physiology show that it has very little impact on our lives when compared with that of happiness.

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7 Things You Never Knew About Tantra Yoga – Part 2

Ana Stoian — Wed, 03 Nov 2021 20:08:04 +0000

The tantric practitioner lives an intensely conscious life, full of amazing and meaningful experiences that are always lessons, which have the essential goal of awakening the practitioner even more.

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7 Things You Never Knew About Tantra Yoga – Part 1

Mayavin — Mon, 01 Nov 2021 10:54:08 +0000

Tantra Yoga is one of the most fitting spiritual systems for our times, when spiritual values are most often replaced by ignorance and by a deeply materialistic orientation.

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