Autobiography of a Yogi: Massive Reader’s Block

Twice, I’ve struggled with reading Paramahansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi (AY). 
I get to a certain point -somewhere around page 200- and it’s boring. So boring, I simply put it down as I can’t derive anything from it. Now, I feel more than a little guilty about this. When I look at other people’s most [...]

The Greatest Adventure of All

All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings, in separation; births, in death. Knowing this, one should from the very first renounce acquisition and heaping up, and building and meeting … Life is short, and the time of death uncertain, so apply yourselves [...]

Of Mice and (Wo)men…

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Time is ticking away on my thesis deadline…
I had set myself the goal of finishing the annoying Chapter 6 as Sunday 14 September. And you know what? Sunday came and went and … I won’t have it finished until this Sunday.
Why? 

Time for Myself

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
I spent the first part of this week after Swami Muktibhodananda’s workshop in blissful peace. The same kind of peace experienced after a week’s retreat in mediation.
 Now, it has started to fade. And I crave that bliss again.

Procrastination Tips

 

Here’s the procrastination tips as promised last week: 

The Yoga of Potato Peeling

Yes I am in the process of editting the CSS for the blog, so please bear with me. I have changed the background colour to orange.
 
I’m halfway through the Satyananda weekend workshop with Swami Muktibhodananda. Swamiji is a very ordinary, approachable and wise teacher. She radiates warmth and is immensely happy and likeable. I looked at her [...]

Thesis Chapter 6 Woes & Wows

My PhD thesis, which was going along swimmingly (old chaps) until the beginning of this year, has been stalled for a while, trying to negotiate a speedbump called Chapter 6.
 

Yoga Workshops in Alice Springs

There are two upcoming yoga workshops in Alice Springs.
September 6-7, 2008: Kalpa -The Imaginative Conciousness & Sankalpa – Perfect Consciousness.
These workshops are being run by the Satyananda Yoga group of Alice Springs, and run from 10am-6.30pm both days.  The workshop presenter is Swami Muktibodhananda, who is a world class exponent of the Satyananda/Bihar yoga system. [...]