by swanriver | Sep 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
Shakti and Shiva: Balance between Opposing Forces I have always walked the shadow edge between worlds of darkness and light. Before I was a yogi, I was a punk. Nowadays, I take the seat of teacher, here in the light-filled Mandir. I guide students to connect to their...
by swanriver | Aug 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Koshas: A Soul Experience “When your heart opens completely, you will stumble upon the most powerful force in the Universe – your loving, eternal presence.” – Matt Kahn Through using the Higher Self Meditation and the practices of Reiki, I...
by swanriver | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
TAPASYA: Stoke the Fire Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras 2.1: Tapah svadhyaya Isvara pranidhanani kriya yogah “A burning desire must fuel your discipline. You must make the effort to continuously study the subject. You must devote all of your efforts to the Supreme Self. These...
by swanriver | Jun 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Freedom: Our Natural State Mana eva manuṣyanam karaṇam bandha mokṣayoḥ. “As the mind, so the person; bondage or liberation are in your own mind.” -Amrita-bindu Upanishad The co-founder of Jivamukti Yoga, Sharon Gannon, says, “Yoga is not something you can DO. Yoga is...
by swanriver | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Myths of Practice “Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truth–penultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that...
