Renunciation on the Spiritual Path

Renunciation on the Spiritual Path

Meditation

What is the role of renunciation on the spiritual path or in Buddhist practice? To most of us, what drove us to spiritual seeking in the first place is some level of realization that our obsession with self fulfillment and worldly pleasures can only give us so much...
The Yoga of Sleep

The Yoga of Sleep

Dream Yoga

The Yoga of Sleep Andrew wrote an article, “The Yoga of Sleep: The Art and Science of Lucid Dreaming” in  Conscious Lifestyle Magazine. We dream at night what we think of during the day. In dream yoga, we want to seed the thoughts to wake up within our...
Is There a Dark Side to Meditation?

Is There a Dark Side to Meditation?

Meditation

The recent article in The Atlantic by Tomas Rocha, “The Dark Knight of the Soul,” brings up a much neglected but very important topic around a dark side to meditation. With hundreds of studies (over 500 a year) coming out showing the benefits of meditation, there are...
The Power of Mindfulness

The Power of Mindfulness

Meditation

Everyday it seems there is another article about how mindfulness meditation is being embraced by people and institutions everywhere. From Silicon Valley to pro football to the Marine Corps , the power of mindfulness seems to be gaining some very real traction these...