Last week we began our “Balancing Your Chakras” session here at The Yoga Room by focusing on the 1st Chakra. Muladhara (Root) Chakra is associated with the color red. It is located at the base of the spine, and has to do with tending to our basic survival needs, establishing a healthy sense of groundedness, …
Conscious Lifestyle
The Law of Dharma
For the last week of our Nov-Dec session our 7th Spiritual Law of Yoga was the Law of Dharma, which states that every being has a purpose in life. You have unique abilities and your own way of expressing them. There are needs in this world for which your specific talents are ideally suited, and …
The Law of Detachment
The sixth spiritual law of yoga is the Law of Detachment, which reveals a great paradox of life. In order to acquire something in this world, you have to relinquish your attachment to it. This doesn’t mean you give up the intention to fulfill your desire–you simply give up your attachment to the outcome. …
The Law of Intention & Attention
The fifth spiritual law is the Law of Intention and Attention, which is based upon the recognition that at the level of the quantum field there is nothing other than energy, and that we are all this energy–all the same energy. This field is influenced by intention and attention. If you accept that …
The Law of Least Effort
The fourth spiritual law of yoga is the Law of Least Effort, which states that nature’s intelligence functions with effortless ease. Stated simply, the Law of Least Effort tells us that we can do less and accomplish more. Yoga is the antidote to the prescription “no pain, no gain.” The greatest benefits of yoga …
The Law of Karma (Cause & Effect)
The 3rd spiritual law of yoga is the Law of Karma, or Cause and Effect. It states that for every action we take a force of energy is returned to us in kind–as we sow, so we reap. In every moment you have access to unlimited choices. Some are made consciously, while most are made …
The Law of Giving and Receiving
In week two of our seven week November-December class session, we put the Law of Giving and Receiving into practice on our yoga mats. The Law of Giving and Receiving states that the universe operates through a dynamic exchange, and we must be open to giving and receiving in order to keep the life force circulating …
The Law of Pure Potentiality
The first spiritual law of of yoga is the Law of Pure Potentiality, which states that at the core of your being you are pure awareness. This is your essential nature, your true Self. Your ego is not your essential nature. It is not who you really are. Your ego is your social mask, the …
The Essence of Yoga
For our November-December session here at The Yoga Room our theme is The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga, from Deepak Chopra’s book of the same name. I wanted to share with you all an excerpt from the book about the essence of yoga as we begin our session: “The true purpose of yoga is to …
The Earth Element
Are you solid, dependable and down to earth? Or do you tend to be stubborn, hypercritical and rigid in your thoughts, habits and even your physical movements? Our earth energy is where energy meets physical form. It is the slowest moving channel of energy in the body and flows relentlessly to the ground, rooting …