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Thoughts and words of other Spiritual Giants and Master of Meditation & Yoga.

Inspirational Quotes by Natalie Wright

June 12,2014/0 Comments/in Spiritual Giants /by Trupti Mehta

And for someone completely different this time… Natalie Wright is a modern author who wrote The Akasha Chronicles, a middle grade/young adult paranormal fantasy trilogy. Turns out fiction authors can say great things that apply to meditation and yoga too! “Ah, yes, choice. I chose to let my ghosts stay in past. Past is history you

Inspirational Quotes from H. E. Davey Sensei

May 30,2014/0 Comments/in Spiritual Giants /by Trupti Mehta

H. E. Davey Sensei is the Director of the Sennin Foundation Center for Japanese Cultural Arts. According to his bio on the foundation’s website, Davey Sensi has trained extensively in a form of Japanese Yoga called Shin-shin-toitsu-do, or “The Way of Mind and Body Unification”. But Davey Sensi is not just a yogi, he’s also trained

Ram Dass Talking About Who or What the Guru Really Is

May 8,2014/1 Comment/in Advaita Vedanta (Non-dualism), Love and Relationships, Spiritual Enlightenment, Spiritual Giants /by Kara-Leah Grant

Our popular contributor Kara-Leah explores the notion of Guru. What is a guru and does it have to be a person? by Kara-Leah Grant Author of Forty Days of Yoga – Breaking down the barriers to a home yoga practice. This week I’ve been reading a most excellent book by Ram Dass (he of Be Here Now) called Be Love

Five Excellent Yoga Books to Add to Your Library

March 26,2014/0 Comments/in Spiritual Giants, Yoga /by Kara-Leah Grant

Our popular contributor Kara-Leah looks at the importance of surrounding yourself with a supportive community of friends – people who understand the spiritual path and can help you along it with honest and compassionate feedback and support. by Kara-Leah Grant, Author of Forty Days of Yoga – Breaking down the barriers to a home yoga practice. I

Inspirational Quotes from Zen Master Shunryu Suzuki

March 20,2014/1 Comment/in Spiritual Giants, Zen Buddhism /by Trupti Mehta

Shunryu Suzuki was a Japanese-born Zen Monk who came to America in the 1959. Already a respected Zen master in Japan, he was impressed by the seriousness and quality of “beginner’s mind” among Americans he met who were interested in Zen and decided to settle here. Inititally, he’d come to serve the Japanese immigrants in

Inspirational Quotes by Spiritual Teacher Amit Ray

March 13,2014/0 Comments/in Spiritual Giants /by Trupti Mehta

Amit Ray is not a well-known enlightened spiritual master – he doesn’t show up in Wikipedia, yet. Yet he is the author of several books on meditation and other spiritual topics. According to his bio on Goodreads, he’s studied in the Himalayan Yoga and Vipassana tradition and began sharing his experiences after a series of transformative

Inspirational Quotes from Ram Dass, American Spiritual Teacher

February 21,2014/0 Comments/in Spiritual Giants /by Trupti Mehta

Born Richard Alpert in 1931, Ram Dass is one of the most famous spiritual teachers in America. He and Timothy Leary were at Harvard University together in the early 60s, teaching, taking acid and expanding consciousness. Sacked from his job at Harvard and disillusioned by the constant come-downs or loss of the consciousness attained

When Love and Trust are the Supreme Value in Ones Life, Gandhi is the Result

February 13,2014/1 Comment/in Spiritual Giants /by Trupti Mehta

Gandhi is likely one of the most well-known leaders of the 20th century. He specialised in non-violent civil disobedience – simply standing up for what he believed to be right and true regardless of the laws of the land at the time, and doing so with no violence at all. Gandhi identified with truth and

Inspirational Quotes from the ‘Father of the Nation’, Nelson Mandela

February 3,2014/2 Comments/in Spiritual Giants /by Kara-Leah Grant

It seems appropriate in the wake of his recent death to take some time to look at a few of the great things that Nelson Mandela said – many of which pertain to yoga, meditation and the self. Often called Father of the Nation, Nelson Mandela was born into the Thembu Royal Family. He studied

Inspirational Quotes from American Spiritual Teacher Adyashanti

November 15,2013/2 Comments/in Spiritual Giants, Zen Buddhism /by Trupti Mehta

An American spiritual teacher from the San Francisco area, Adyashanti was born Steven Gray in 1962. He first came across the idea of enlightenment in a book at age 19. The concept grabbed him, and he began a serious meditation practice, building a hut in his parents backyard specifically for meditation. Seven years later, he