Yoganand Michael Carroll

Many yoga practitioners who are interested in meditation turn to Buddhist or mindfulness meditation. However, there is a rich tradition of meditation within yoga.

Swami Kripalu believed that asana practice is initiated spontaneously in the body during states of advanced meditation, and that each asana corresponds to a particular energy movement.

What do we gain when we move out of familiar postures and experiment with asanas in which we don’t feel nearly as comfortable or confident?

Swami Kripalu taught that there are two kinds of fire: kamagni and yogagni. Kamagni is the fire generated by life stressors, while yogagni is the fire produced by the inner work of yoga.

Leading with the heart can seem a pretty tough goal when your energy is directed to holding down the lid on your bubbling worries and fears. The wisdom of yoga can support your intention.

We apply tapas in any moment when we consciously go against the grain of our conditioned way of being and engage in a new behavior or way of thinking.

Pranayama is intended to increase sensitivity so we can actually see how much pain we are in. Then we can choose to take responsibility for it and change it.

Ommm. It's often the first and last sound in your ears in a yoga class. But what does it mean?

Yoganand explores the origins of the concepts of chakras, granthis, and nadis—symbols that ancient yogis developed to map the journey inward.

Often, a client comes to me wanting to lose weight, plops down in my office, and says, “When I’m good, I eat this, and when I’m bad, I eat that.” This report...

Most of us would rather endure paper cuts and lemon juice than part with the familiar. But rather than rail against change, which the Gita says is inherent in all things, the key is to broaden our view.