WORLD/UNIVERSAL Peace

When we were with Amma recently, and for the past year, at the end of the talks and meditations, she has said, “At this time Nature and human minds are equally agitated.”  Sounds true, right?  She continues saying that Grace is the only thing that can help us in the...

Keep Yoga Weird

“Freedom is responding completely to the challenges of the living moment. … Yoga is the process by which I find out the nature of my binds and keep in touch with those aspects of life that limit freedom.” -Joel Kramer from “A New Look at Yoga: Playing the Edge of Mind...

Why Kirtan? (part 2)

Part of the point of kirtan (or meditation or Yoga) is to transform our consciousness from being preoccupied with the little self, or even our preoccupation with our little ideas about God, to an awakening of a bigger Self or Truth or experience of God; pick how you...

Why Kirtan? (part 1)

“In this materialistic age, more concentration can be gained through kirtan than through meditation. Today, the atmosphere is filled with so many different kinds of sounds. Because of that, concentration will not come easily and meditation will be made more...

Yoga of the Environment

Recently Amma was invited to attend a climate summit entitled Protection of the Planet in Paris.  She was not able to attend because she was concluding her North American tour, but she sent a video address to the summit.  You can watch or read the speech here.  You...