The concept of the “Jivan Mhukta” describes a state of no-otherness. The Jivan Mhukta is a liberated being who lives soulfully on earth, engaged in the realm of human realities. They are here, now. There is no need to escape from life, because life becomes an experience of presence, curiosity, and harmony.
For the Jivan Mhukta, yoga is freedom.
Tag: Sankalpa
ATONEMENT
“We cast into the depths of the sea Our sins, and failures, and regrets. Reflections of our imperfect selves Flow away. What can we bear, With what can we part? We upturn the darkness, Bring what is buried to light. What hurts still lodge, What wounds have yet to heal? We empty our hands, Release…
Sankalpa: The Space Between
The New Year approaches. Perhaps you are considering your resolutions for 2013. Consider this: Your past. Your experience. Your mistakes. Your embarrassments. Your outright failings. Your fulfilling moments. Your accomplishments. Your successes. Your triumphs. Your foundation for setting New Year’s Resolutions. Personally, I cannot look ahead to future goals without deeply (deeply) reflecting on my…
Guest Blog for Quiet Mind Yoga – 2012 Intention: There is No “On” or “Off” the Mat
Guest Blog for Quiet Mind Yoga (Reprinted by permission) 2012 Intention: There is No “On” or “Off” the Mat Life’s ironies are entertaining, no? At the beginning of each class, I invite students to set an intention for their practice. “This ‘Sankalpa’ is a positive reflection, affirmation or dedication that brings purpose to your time…
Back to Basics: Real Yoga Doesn’t Hurt
OK, I confess. I’ve created a sensational title for a simple blog about our January class focus, “Back to Basics.” “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” was the sensational headline for a recent New York Times article (link below) that tells a simple story. That headline – and the article’s content – generated more media…
The Happy Heart Project: 100 Days!
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.” – Anne Frank My whole body is vibrating. Just now, I lit my 100th stick of “Happy Heart” incense and repeated the words I’ve said each morning since August 28th – “My intention today is to…
The Happy Heart Project: The Halfway Mark
“Hey, I’m trying to hard to see the light, to see the light – to see it burn thru.” – Abigail Washburn When it comes to maintaining and manifesting an intention over 100 days – and that intention is to overcome a nagging internal darkness and move deliberately toward joy – it is imperative to…
The Happy Heart Project: Days 1-31
I’ve read that we replace 1% of our cells daily. Every 100 days we have a new body. What that new body consists of is the food we eat, air we breathe, water we drink, exercise we take and thoughts we think. – A friend Three-plus boxes of incense and 31 days ago, I launched…
Focus Wrap Up: The Eight Limbs – Yama
It was 10:38am on Sunday, April 3rd when I started writing this wrap up, and the New Moon hung invisibly above. In that Sunday’s classes we wrapped up our March focus on the 1st of the Eight Limbs of Yoga – Yama, or, abstinence. I extended the March focus through April 3rd so the New…
Focus Wrap Up: The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
“If I wasn’t making some people uncomfortable, I wouldn’t be doing anything important.” – Justine Siegel, 1st woman to throw batting practice for Major League Baseball and founder of “Baseball for All” I didn’t plan to write this today. I have cleaning to do, laundry to fold, breakfast to cook. But I feel compelled. Plus,…
The Urban Yoga Den 