General Articles 
I can stay calm in all kinds of situations, except when I am with my mother. What shall I do?
19 January, 2021 @ 8:24 pm
Mostly, I do not get distracted or waylaid by rose petals or mud slung at me.... except when my mother does it. I need advice! The three golden circles don't work with her, either. What am i doing wrong? Why am i failing?
What shall I do with my fear and anxiety?
17 December, 2020 @ 6:43 pm
My first experience of dealing with Fear as I remember was as a young child. We lived near the rain forests in a rustic area where flushed toilets were unknown and it would have been considered impure to have them in the homes, in any case, in those days. So we had outside latrines.
Does God judge us?
14 November, 2020 @ 11:01 pm
Swami Rama wrote in The Essence of Spiritual Life "Sit down and quietly think about what you have done in your life, because in the end, during the period of transition, you will have to face yourself. What have you done that is satisfying? Have you done anything selfless – totally selfless? You go on doing your work and reaping the fruit, and then you hoard. In this way there can be no liberation."
I am.
20 October, 2020 @ 10:14 am
I am. I am not. I am the breath. I am the breather.
8 Qualities of Yogic Breathing
19 October, 2020 @ 4:45 pm
These “8 Qualities of Yogic Breathing” are sequenced according to the progression in which they are generally taught in Himalayan Yoga Tradition (HYT) classes: 1. Diaphragmatic 2. Nasal 3. Silent 4. Smooth 5. Relaxed 6. Deep/Slow 7. Continuous 8. Even
Spiritual Festival 2006
17 October, 2020 @ 7:08 pm
The Spiritual Festival is an annual festival. This article is from the Word.doc sent and printed for aspirants in the year 2006. Email addresses and telephone numbers have been removed.
What is the meaning of “Not till your aspiration reaches the level of desperation will it be fully realized.”?
9 October, 2020 @ 8:15 pm
The individual could not breathe. When Swami Rama let the individual breathe again, he said that only when you wanted God as badly as that individual wanted to breathe (wanting to breathe so badly that he cannot remember his own name or think of anything else) will you realize God.
Symbolism of Kamandalu & Kalasha
20 September, 2020 @ 10:33 am
Kamandalu In this story, the King Shikhidhvaja becomes disillusioned with his life of luxury at the palace and decides to renounce his royal position to live the austere life of a renunciate monk. He goes to the forest, builds himself a meditation hut, and keeps only a staff, a dinner plate, a cup, a tray, mala beads, a garment to cover his body, a deerskin to meditate upon, and a kamandalu.
How to deal with the deep historical trauma and violence of racial prejudice?
8 September, 2020 @ 4:45 pm
This practice of noticing thoughts and impulses that arise from the depths of the subconscious mind and choosing whether it is a thought or impulse worth strengthening or weakening is a good yoga practice. We strengthen that to which we pay more attention, that which we act out, that with which we identify.
Appreciation for All Living Beings
20 August, 2020 @ 10:53 am
Wolfgang Bischoff, Spiritual Director of the "Himalaya Institute Germany", has been dealing with the topic of shaping fate for a long time. YOGA AKTUELL asked him for his assessment of recent global events in their significance for the destiny of mankind.