“Love is the only path, love is the only god, and love is the only scripture. Impress this verse upon your memory and chant it constantly if you want to realize your dreams of growth.”—Swami Kripalu Born 100 years ago this month, Swami Kripalu, affectionately known as Bapuji, had a joy and love for people [...]
January, 2013
Nadi Shodhana: Purifying Breath [VIDEO]
Larissa Hall Carlson, Kripalu Yoga teacher and Ayurveda specialist, shares a Nadi Shodhana practice for purifying the breath.
Posted on January 9th, 2013 by Thrive in Life Lessons
Turning Point: Q&A with Ann Randolph
Ann Randolph is considered one of the most gifted and innovative writer-performers in the country, and has been hailed by critics as “revolutionary, Whitmanesque, and a tour de force.” Ann’s solo shows have garnered many awards, including the prestigious LA Weekly and Los Angeles Times Ovation for “Best Solo Show.” Excerpts from her shows have [...]
Posted on January 8th, 2013 by Thrive in Outside Our Walls
Making an Impact: Kripalu Helps One Young Yoga Teacher Find Her Calling
Ashley Winseck, guest blogger When Nyacko Perry first heard about the Kripalu Semester Intensive program during a presentation at her college in 2008, she didn’t quite understand what Kripalu was all about. But she was incredibly interested in finding out. “I didn’t know what it was, because it was such a new program, but I [...]
Posted on January 7th, 2013 by Thrive in Words from the Wise
Say “Yes” to Reality!
Brian Leaf, guest blogger One morning, as I was meditating, I realized that I needed to write a book. But I had the distinct feeling that, before I could get started, I had to clean my office. By myself. Not hire a cleaner, but get down and scrub. So I cleaned. I braved the spiderwebs. [...]
Posted on January 6th, 2013 by Thrive in Moment of Quiet
Moment for Quiet
“It’s just love. There is nothing else. There is just love.”—Swami Kripalu
Posted on January 5th, 2013 by Jonathan Ambar in Ayurveda
Bundle Up with Ayurveda
Time-honored techniques to thaw winter’s chill Winter brings the festive sparkle of the holidays; fresh, snowy vistas; exhilarating outdoor sports … and, for many people, lethargy, dry skin, and runny noses. How can we keep up our spirits—and our health—when it’s so easy to let Old Man Winter bring us down? Ayurveda, the holistic-health system [...]
Posted on January 4th, 2013 by Deb Morgan in Kripalu Kitchen
Healthy New Year’s Intentions
OK, so I know it’s the new year and I imagine the blogosphere is filled with conversations about habits to break, how to make this year the best year of our lives, and the perfect diet to melt off the holiday pounds. And my guess is that a certain word, which I have vowed to [...]
Posted on January 3rd, 2013 by Thrive in Conscious Living
Happiness as the Ultimate Currency
Tal Ben-Shahar, guest blogger If we wanted to assess the worth of a business, we would use money as our means of measurement. We would calculate the dollar value of its assets and liabilities, profits and losses. Anything that could not be translated into monetary terms would not increase or decrease the value of the [...]
Detox to the Rescue: A Post-Holiday Cleanse
So you put on a pound or five over the holidays… Do you feel a like a sausage squeezed into your clothes? Most of us indulge in the delectable offerings of the season, usually laden with saturated fats, dairy, sugar, and white flour. In excess, these foods create congestion or metabolic waste that leaves us feeling sluggish, heavy, bloated, tired, achy, irritable, and/or depressed. Just as our automobile perks up after a tune-up, we can revitalize with a detox.
Whether you call it cleansing, detox, purification, or fasting, eliminating metabolic waste from the body is an ancient practice. All of the major religions include some form of fasting as a vehicle for well-being and spiritual awakening.
Fasting has a profound effect on all levels: physical, emotional, and spiritual. Increased vitality, mental clarity, and weight loss are typical detox results. Fasters often experience lasting relief from allergies, arthritis, fibromyalgia, headaches, and addictions to sugar, caffeine, and nicotine as well as gaining deeper insight and a sense of joy. Fasting is considered by many to be the single most effective method of healing chronic disease.
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