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Yours Truly, Yoga TV

December 2010

Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey: Keeping Up Spirits

 
Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey
 
by Acharya Sri Khadi Madama
 
Keeping Spirits Up
 
Some people cannot seem to help themselves from ruining an otherwise pleasant occasion.  Whether at the workplace or at a social gathering or dinner, they simply cannot resist littering the environment with the debris of bad news, gruesome crime or medical stories, or some unsavory story about their personal life.  B.K.S. Iyengar, Yoga Grandmaster, says in his book Light On Yoga, that ".

Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey: Oh! Oh! You H--- Your Job. Now What?

 
Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey
 
by Acharya Sri Khadi Madama
 
Oh! Oh! You H--- Your Job! Now What?
 
This is one of the saddest things that I ever  hear because so much time is spent on the job.  Nearly one third of every work week is spent earning a living.  To spend it in an emotional state of such dislike is truly unhappy, not to mention, unhealthy.  For so many people, a career has been chosen because of family pressure to earn six figures, or a job has been taken because there wasn't the luxury of time in being able to be more selective in finding something more enjoyable.

Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey: Affirmations, Not Just Pretty Words

 
Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey
 
        by Acharya Sri Khadi Madama
 
Affirmations, Not Just Pretty Words
 
The power of the spoken word, spoken with heartfelt intention, has been around for thousands of years since the ancient Yoga masters coined Mantras to generate a vibrational effect on the immediate environment.  Affirmations are an extension of this original thought and their powerful effect can be experienced first hand by the positive results gleaned from their practice.

Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey: Business & Money In Shangri La

 
 
Finding Shangri La: Improving Your Journey
 
by Acharya Sri Khadi Madama
 
Business and Money in Shangri La
 
I'm often asked about how the ancient wisdom of Yoga and finding enlightenment is related to earning a living, becoming prosperous, starting and creating a successful business, all the while not foregoing one's dedication to a spiritual life.  It's a matter of balance.  If we think of the field around us, our immediate, personal field, as a bubble of energy that expands outward to the eight directions of the expansive universal field, we have to visualize that the energetic fabric of our field must maintain a certain integrity.
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