How my Krishna devotion began

(This story is dedicated to Mary Anne, who taught me all I know about polishing the Murti…)

There are volumes written on devotion to the Lord. My favorite is the story about Arjuna’s experiences with Krishna as his charioteer during the Maha Bharata. And you can entertain me endlessly if you know stories of Krishna’s life from Shastras and mythology.

My acquaintance with Krishna began at the airport years ago, when his devotees gave me a flower and smiles. (:

I had no clue until George Harrison cleared things up for me.

If you are familiar with the Ramayan or when you first read it, you find Hanuman who is most famous for his example of pure devotion to Ram through his practice of Bhakti Yoga. But there’s also an important little-known side story about Hanuman.

I’m going to the Bhakti Fest with a friend next month and it seems everything I turn to lately brings me back to my love of all things devotional. Not taking a computer or other internet with us to the festival…(-: But I will

Enjoy this teaching by Yoga Master Simon Borg-Olivier. Simon is co-author with Bianca Machliss of Applied Anatomy and Physiology of Yoga. If you enjoy this video, read here for

Dave Stringer is an internationally recognized leader of the American kirtan movement.  A faculty member of Vibrant Living Yoga Teacher Training in Bali, Stringer teaches the relationship between chanting and the process of yoga. He studied kirtan in India, and performs and teaches it as

The annual festival of Maha Shivratri or Great Night of Shiva is celebrated on night before and day of the new moon of the eleventh month of the Hindu Calendar. Mahashivaratri marks the night when

Do you have an unusual or new way to use affirmations for self healing? I’d love to hear from you in the comments. As you may know, every thought and inner statement creates a

Listen to my friend Scott singing an impromptu song at the RAW Festival. Raw Spirit Festivals are world recognized for their

I was looking for information about Solar healing and found this video by Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath on a Solar Yoga technique that he has developed. According to Gurunath, this dynamic series of yoga meditations using

My experience with yoga has been living and practicing, to the best of my ability and understanding, the paths of raja, hatha, jappa, bhakti and karma yogas. Bhakti is one that seems to come to me most naturally through

Did you know that classical yoga, also known as the ‘royal yoga’ or ‘raja yoga’, is one of the six orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy? This authentic yoga practice helps you seek enlightenment through direct control and mastery of

Yoga instructor, Cameron Diaz, demonstrates a series of standing movement

9-1/2 minutes of pure sound vibration: this meditation music video features synthesizer with underlying light vocals, builds in intensity like an extended om. Meditation focus is on a beautiful image of Ganesh, unlike

Here is a unique video of yogis demonstrating asanas filmed amid temple ruins on

“The birth of the modern Yoga movement and its impact on the world.”

Living Yoga, a one-hour documentary produced byIntregal Yoga, is planned for release this May to select theaters and on DVD. The film honors the lifetime achievement of Swami Satchidananda, who brought a distinctive

Here is a short video on meditation by Cameron Alborzian to assist you in observing thought. The meditation music gives opportunity to

Yoga meditation is known to improve your concentration and can make you stronger physically and emotionally. Widely recognized as an excellent stress management tool it helps you relax, get more

Just as a transformer changes high voltage energy into usable form, so Shaktipat or Saktipata can perhaps be thought of as energy currents of kundalini, streaming through a person serving as the transformer to spiritually conduct it to others. This can be done either in person with sound or touch; by distance with sound; or by the charging of objects with sound and touch and given to another.

So while meditating, if your intention is to