By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
There is a time in life to make a pilgrimage. Let’s pack up some belongings, and set out on a path hoping to get a glimpse of what life is all about. There are many pilgrimages with footsteps for us to follow…
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By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
There is a time in life to make a pilgrimage. Let’s pack up some belongings, and set out on a path hoping to get a glimpse of what life is all about. There are many pilgrimages with footsteps for us to follow…
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
Most people are taught when sitting in meditation to watch their thoughts, feelings, everything which comes into awareness and let it go. Focus on your breath. Simply watch what arises and let it go. Focus on your breath…
By Ashley Shires
Bibi McGill is a world-renown musician and yoga teacher on a mission to activate positive change. SF Yoga Mag was thrilled to catch up with her to talk about music, yoga, and her offerings at Hanuman Festival, June 14-17, 2018 in Boulder, Colorado...
By Rachel Nichols
Sensitivity, perceptivity, creativity, innovative thinking, empathy. When you think of these qualities, what kind of person comes to mind? Perhaps an artist, an entrepreneur, a healer? What about someone who identifies as ADHD or HSP…
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
We want to unplug. We want a break from all the noise and confusion in life. We want to take off and have nothing to do, no one to listen to, no email or texts to respond to. We just want to be free. So we sign up for a silent retreat…
By Nikita Mehta
My eyes opened at the first clanging of the bell. It was 5:30 am. Our breath made little clouds in the cool morning air as the moon lit our path down to the meditation hall. By 6:00 am we settled, wrapped in warm shawls and surrounded by other practitioners, into our morning meditation...
By Andrea Bogart
Have you ever been curious about how yoga could or does relate to your life? It doesn’t matter how long or short of a time you’ve been practicing, we will continuously be surprised at how much this practice reveals and supports where we are in our lives...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D
Stepping out of our worldly identity can lead us to the freedom of “no self.” No self, no problems. Embrace this awareness, and we find the joy of being our true self in the world...
By Deepak Sridhar
Over the next few years, as I continued my journey of seeking and soul searching, I constantly pondered over and meditated on this question - What is Normal? And as the years passed, with my meditations getting deeper and mind clearer, a few things became apparent to me...
By Rachel Nichols
What Soren said to me when I interviewed him for SF Yoga Mag before the conference happened made so much more sense by the end of the weekend. He told me there is a power in human connection, in all of us coming together and tuning in together in the same room...
By Dana Lee
he light is clear and in it I have seen that Accessible Yoga is a portal to all of this seeing and hope. Attending an AYC brought me into the startling recognition that yoga is for everyone. ..
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
The heart has many faces, many moods. But there is one heart that is time-tested and true. It is the monastic heart and it is in each of us. The monastic heart is not hard or frozen, separated from the world by stone walls of old fashion rules and needless obedience...
PRESS RELEASE FROM SAN DIEGO YOGA FESTIVAL
On Sunday, March 11, 2018, on the beach in Imperial Beach, join thousands of people as they
sit in unity chanting the word “AUM” 108 times. AUM is the vibration affecting the subconscious
mind bringing the brain balance and unity...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
The sky of silence takes us to the stars and planets within us and beyond. Life is humbled, reflected, expanded, celebrated. In these moments I am beyond me and mine. “I” no longer occupies so much time and space...
By Charlotte von Hemert
It’s one thing to have a theoretical understanding that we are each a unique wave in the vast ocean of universal consciousness. It’s another thing to have time-tested tools to help us tap into this experientially. This past Sunday I attended Paul Muller-Ortega’s half-day workshop where he shared practices that supported us with the latter...
By Kiana Noble
Staying focused and productive at work is harder than ever thanks to our smart phones. One minute, it might be a notification for breaking news, the next minute, a notification for a new Bumble match (YAY), and the next minute, your mom texting you because she discovered what Bitmojis are...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
In silence we can hear our own thoughts. Perhaps more beautiful we can hear the world without the crowded stream of our thoughts. Visiting silence can be an adventure, a pilgrimage, a life changing journey into peace and quiet...
By Bruce Davis, Ph.D.
Everyday there are the moments that can be described only as life’s grace. It is the light in our partner’s eyes, the warm smile of a total stranger, the dancing clouds in a busy day. Every moment of beauty is a moment of grace. Grace is the honey of life...
By Gracy Liur
The value of good health is something that you can treasure as long as you live although the trend of having fad food, erratic work hours and high levels of stress are some of the major impediments that come in the way of good health...
By Nandhiji
Breath is a key influence behind the mind that produces optimal thoughts. If breath is utilized as a prayer to connect to Source, the outcome is a mind that is pristine, calm and in harmony. Slowing down the breath enables our mind to slip out of stress...