If you’re into yoga and have attended classes at an authentic yoga studio, the exercises most likely originated from the yogic practices of Hatha Yoga. Hatha yoga is commonly misunderstood to be merely physical postures or asanas. However, it is its own multifaceted...
Values are moral and ethical codes of conduct that are regarded as good and right by all people. The three core values of a spiritual seeker striving to evolve are truthfulness, non-injury, and self-control. They are the cornerstones of spiritual living....
Does God fulfill your desires? Or do you believe that you can accomplish all that you want through your own self-efforts? Before answering these questions, it’s important to know who or what is God. Vedanta states that God is the divine presence or Truth that...
We are divine spirit expressing in human form. When we put in efforts to grow and realize our true nature, we are described as being “on the path” or on a “spiritual journey.” There are three things that we must give up to grow on the spiritual path—the ego, the sense...
I once heard a spiritual teacher point out that if you say you have faith in a higher power and yet worry, you don’t actually have faith. If you had real faith, you would be able to surrender your worries to it and find peace of mind. In one of his talks, Swami...
Japa is the spiritual practice of the repetition of a mantra, or a holy name. Mantras are Sanskrit invocations of the Supreme Being. They are not composed by any human but exist in the universe in a latent state as sound energies. They were revealed to spiritual...
