Raising Consciousness
Increasing performance and working to counter the rigorous manoeuvres and specific strains of surfing, Miles Masterson speaks to the “big wavers” about how yoga is transforming the sport…
16 Yogis attended a Kundalini Workshop in Chatsworth – the topic was: “How do we yogis stay in a continuous process with grace?”
“A yogi engages himself in a definite, step-by-step procedure by which the body and mind are disciplined, and the soul liberated.” And… other differences between yoga, a yogi and swamis according to Paramahansa Yogananda
The prismatic world of crystals and gemstones is a window into the constellations of life – the ebb and flow of eons passed is capturedand frozen in these miniature-mountains and kingdoms of earth that express a symphony of beauty, colour and form. Bronwyn Sherman explains how crystals work to balance us and bring with them resonant tools for living in purpose…
Sacred sexuality is a renewed consciousness of a feminine sexual holiness that’s firmly grounded in our bodies and our psyches says Adele Singer, author of Towards a Soulful Sexuality. It’s an attitude to sexuality that’s “actively sexual” and not necessarily “sexually active” and one that, she believes, should apply throughout a woman’s life, even and especially, in the post-menopausal years.
Earlier this year, Tibet was the focus of South African headlines when the Dalai Lama was denied a visa to attend The South Africa Peace Conference and the Tibetan quest for a solution to its half-century long battle with China was revived in the minds of South Africans. Natasha Marrian reports on the grave human rights violations and religious persecution taking place in Tibet…
Many cultures consider earth as “mother”. In Sanskrit, the word for “mother” and “earth” are the same – MATA. In ancient Egypt, the syllable MA not only stood for mother but it also meant “to see”, and the hieroglyph was that of an eye and its meaning was “truth”. The words earth, mother and truth have powerful shared roots and this idea of earth as the “womb of all life” is so strong it’s no wonder she’s heralded as the archetypal goddess, Gaia or Bhumi…
Meditation in essence is the self awakening, unfolding and revealing of all that lies dormant, distorted and distracted within the self…
Most of us go about seeking pleasant experiences – who looks for joy? Everyone understands pleasure – who believes that joy can be within?
