Tag archives for yoga philosophy
Know Thyself; or, The Bright Side of The Kali Yuga ~Maya Georg
Welcome to the Kali Yuga, the age darkness and ignorance. The Kali Yoga has been ongoing for millennia, and while there is debate as to when it began and…
Soul Work ~ Maya Georg
Yoga is soul work. But so is any practice that deepens our understanding or connection to our higher Self. Yoga is one path to this connection, but any practice of…
Why Do Western Women Love Kali? ~ Maya Devi Georg
I have always been fascinated by Kali. And I am not alone. Long ago I noticed the attraction to Kali I shared with other spiritual western women. We all seem…
The Age of Narcissism ~ Maya Devi Georg
We are living in an age of narcissism. Nothing is more celebrated than the self. Lives are carefully curated content - images, opinions, experiences - that are then idealized, digitized,…
Life Isn’t Fair ~Maya Devi Georg
Life isn’t fair. We lose loved ones to illness and age, even as we suffer with our own aging and illnesses. Things, like people, become lost or broken in time.…
The 5 Obstructions To Happiness (and how to remove them) ~Maya Devi Georg
It took me a long time to figure out how to be happy. Most of us are not raised to be happy, we are raised to be perfect, or accommodating,…
Altruism As Vice: How Grief Shaming Hurts Us All ~ Maya Devi Georg
I There is a current trend in humanity where people criticize and attack others for being or doing good. It is a natural outgrowth of a growing cultural shift where…
Karma & Compassion, Yoga & Activism ~ Chris Kiran Aarya & Maya Devi Georg
Everyone is familiar with the work 'karma' and most understand it as the simple consequences of our actions. But by simply living in this world we also share karma…
What The @#$% Is A Chakra? ~ Maya Devi Georg
I keep seeing workshops taught all over the world all about chakras. Workshops to "balance," "align," "tune-up," "detox," and "clear" Chakras. Except not a single one of those workshops (or teachers)…
A Deeper Spirituality ~ Hari-kirtana das
Lately it seems as if the world has gone off it’s rocker. Maybe it has. At times like these it’s tempting to retreat from the world. And a respite may…