Ambika and I were traveling with Shree Ma and Swami Satyananda Saraswati of the Devi Mandir in Napa, Calif. Shree Ma is one of the most amazing human beings I have ever met. She is a tiny Bengali woman who, when fully wet, hauls about 90 lbs. on a 5 ft. and not many inches […]
When I was younger, I was a student at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. My girlfriend at that time and I took a summer bicycle trip through New England. When we got to Vermont, I thought the State was so beautiful that I dropped out of school, waved goodbye when the girlfriend went back
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Baba Hari Dass is my yoga guru, the yogi who gave me my name and permission to teach. Back when I was studying intensely with him, I only saw him once a year, at a Labor Day retreat outside of Toronto. The rest of the year I was doing my yoga and meditation on my
When Ambika and I got married, we flew to Grenada to honeymoon in the Caribbean. On the plane, a flight attendant approached me and asked if I was Prem Prakash. I told her I was, and she introduced herself as a yogini who was a devotee of Karunamayi Ma, an Indian woman that many consider
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Neem Karoli Baba was a great yogi who has had an immeasurable influence on the spread of yoga from India to the West. The extent of his influence on the Western yoga movement will never be fully known as he was so averse to fame and personal publicity. Also known as Maharaji (literally, “great king,”
“Wake now discover that you are the song that the morning brings.” – Robert Hunter The ashram was having a problem with mice, so the guru brought home a good cat. The cat did a fine job on the mice but she became attached to the guru and would follow him everywhere, even when he
“His job is to shed light, and not to master.” The invitation has arrived and you are thrilled to be invited to the big party. When the happy day arrives you dress in your finest attire and hop into your car. On the way to the gala event you realize, however, you don’t quite know
Bring your crimes before the court of love. I promise you the sentence will be: Dispense the healing. The yogis who serves as counsel, the sages who make up the jury, and the gurus who sit on the bench Will offer the only verdict they know. Their vision knows not of condemnation, of punishment, of
Chapter I Suffering – Your soul is ablaze with a call which you must answer to be free. Suffering is your prison cell, seemingly shaping destiny. Pain and fear have a three-fold base in your body, your heart, and mind. These henchmen are spiteful and cruel, hold no vain hope they could be kind. Your
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