Online Yoga Teacher’s Training

How to Teach a Kundalini Yoga Class

(The complete teacher’s training article has been completed now can be found here:  Comprehensive Guide to Teaching Yoga).

My good friend and author of the great Yoga Blog PranaFlowNZ, Kara-Leah Grant, dropped me a note the other day with a suggestion that I give some pointers on how to teach the yoga techniques and meditations that I publish here on Mastery of Meditation & Yoga.  I thought this was a great idea, and so would like to kick off this new topic with a discussion of how to teach a great yoga class in general first.  Also, going forward I will include teaching tips for the exercises and meditations as well that make up the free yoga & meditation e-books and videos.

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Importance of God Realization

Obstacles to Spiritual Enlightenment

"Hitch your wagon to a star!" is a famous Ralph Waldo Emerson quote urging you to aim high and have soaring aspirations.  I would like you to actually raise the level of your aspirations even higher, I would like you to raise the level of your aim to the very highest achievement possible in life, I would prefer if you "Hitch your wagon to infinity!"  Why even settle for a star?

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Happy Buddha Meditation Technique

Meditation for Joy & Positivity

Spring is finally here, a long winter is winding down and nature is eagerly waiting for warm, sunny days and refreshing, starry nights.  This is a time for much celebration, and so to usher in this new season I thought it would be great to introduce the uplifting and joyous Smiling Buddha Meditation.

It is reputed that this meditation was prescribed to the Buddha, by a rishi (saint) to help him regain his positive mind and recover emotionally after a long stretch of meditation and fasting.  Although, this meditation appears to be a simple technique, it is actually incorporating many important aspects of Kundalini Yoga to achieve it’s results. 

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Top Yoga & Self Improvement Blog Articles

Meditation, Yoga & Spiritual Growth Carnival - Edition #28

Welcome to the 28th edition of the Meditation, Yoga and Spiritual Growth carnival.

There were way too many submissions for this issue of the carnival (almost 70!).  Unfortunately, many writers submitted more than one entry, despite my request to them not to, and many others just sent unrelated or low quality articles, hoping to get a link from Mastery of Meditation & Yoga, due to it’s high traffic and high Google Page Rank.  So I had to reject quite of few of the submissions and hope writers will be more conscientious next time, but if not, there is always the delete button .  Well, the final version, containing the top self improvement and spiritual growth blogs, is ready below and I hope you do enjoy some of the great articles that it does include.

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Chakra Balancing Program

Seven Chakra Tuning Class (Course #106)

The following program is a powerful and exciting journey through the chakras, and is designed to give you an opportunity to experience, heal, balance and tune your entire seven chakra system.  In previous articles I have gone over kundalini yoga’s chakra model in some detail and if you are not familiar with this energy based model, the articles in the "Suggested Reading" reading section below will be very helpful to you.

As usual please note that all the material needed for this Chakra Balancing Class is available via the links on this post and you can start anytime you wish. 

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Spiritual Short Story

The Library of God - A Zen Story

It’s been some time since I wrote my last Spiritual Story, The Secrets of the Universe - A Zen Story, and my creative side is itching again to be expressed, so here is another zen tale to entertain and enlighten.  To find my other spiritual short stories here on Mastery of Meditation & Yoga, just visit the Spiritual Stories category.

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Yoga Poses for Male Sexual Health

Yoga Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction

Kundalini Yoga is considered the ultimate house holder’s yoga.  Which means virility and sexual energy are not suppressed, but in fact considered an important aspect of one’s health and life.  Previously, I have also indicated that sexual energy, which is considered the most potent form of bio-chemical energy in the body, is the one form of energy that can be used for rejuvenating the entire physical apparatus, as well as be used for spiritual growth and transformation; so this energy is certainly important to have in quantity and quality.

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How to Master Meditation

During my teenage years I spent many summers at the Arsha Vaidya Gurukulam, run by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.  It is an ashram devoted to the study of the Gita, Yoga, Ayurveda, etc., and is based on the principles of Advaita Vedanta or the school of non-dualism.  The one thing I still remember from my time spent at the ashram, even so many many years later , is that I had an incessant, deep, burning desire to become a master meditator.

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Free Gayatri Mantra MP3 Download

Gayatri Mantra Meditation & Videos

Of all the mantras in the Vedas, the most revered and powerful is the Gayatri Mantra.  This mantra is certainly the most recited and also, perhaps has the widest range of applications.  It is not just used to express one’s devotion to the Lord, but is also used for jap meditation (mantra chanting), chakra meditation, naad yoga, putting the kids to sleep , etc.  In addition to Hindus, the Gayatri mantra is embraced by Buddhists as well.

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Helpful Meditation Tips

Zen Meditation Technique Help

(PS: Inadvertently only a summary of this article went out to those of you who subscribe to my posts via email.  Rest assured that was unintentional and future articles will be emailed to you in full as before.  Thanks for being a subscriber :-).

One of the most common questions beginner’s have when they start any kind of silent meditation is what to do with their thoughts.  Often this can lead to frustration or confusion as beginners may feel that they are not doing their meditation correctly or are not succeeding with their technique.  This is primarily because they feel they are not achieving the "enlightened" state of a silent, empty mind.  To help you understand how to deal with thoughts during meditation, I found the following excerpt on Zen Meditation (Zazen) by Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki very helpful.

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