Category: Science & Spirituality

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What Makes Forgiveness So Powerful?

In a satsang presentation at the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat in March 2017, Dr. Fred Luskin spoke about both the science and spirituality of forgiveness — and why it is so necessary. Dr. Luskin is Director of the Stanford Forgiveness Projects and aut …

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Good Vibrations at the Bahamas Ashram: Healing Connections with the Mystical Past

People visiting the Bahamas ashram, from visiting presenters to Sivananda devotees to yoga vacationers, often talk about its special qualities — with good reason. “For many years, when masters and healers came here, they all saw the same thing,” says S …

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When Tech Meets Yoga: Sivananda Yoga Teacher Gopi Kallayil

  What do a Google executive and a yoga teacher have in common? They are embodied in Sivananda Yoga Teacher Gopi Kallayil, whose job as Chief Evangelist for Brand Marketing at Google has sent him throughout the world delivering the company message …

Lightning Dreamwork: Four Steps for Bringing Your Dreams Alive

In February 2015, Robert Moss shared his Lightning Dreamwork process with workshop participants. Here are the key steps, as described on his website www.mossdreams.com. Let’s suppose you are sharing a dream with one other person. We’ll call you the dre …

Raymond Moody on Grief

Grief, says Dr. Raymond Moody, is a blending of multiple feelings and emotions. “It’s not an illness,” he says. “It’s a normal spiritual experience that is felt in the case of loss, the process of coming to terms with the death of a loved one.” When hi …