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This is a visual helper for your practice. Enjoy! Breath Practice 4:1:6:1 Guide

Intuition is accessible in quietude, in solitude, in what I call the ‘Eye of the Storm.’ Obviously, real tornadoes and hurricanes are destructive events; I am using this image as a metaphor. If your life is unbalanced and out of control then the results will be destructive. If your life is balanced, then the results will be … Read more

My definition of sin is “crime against wisdom; going against intuition.”   Intuition usually whispers; but if you turn a deaf ear one too many times it WILL yell. Like one memorable night in 1995 at around 2:00am: I was standing outside, watching the milky steam rising up from the snow-covered ground. Daisy had to come out to … Read more

[vimeo 1100889 w=500 h=377] Soham (Breathing Flowers) from Joe Roberson on Vimeo.

The whole shooting match–universe, existence, reality–is your true identity. This is simple fact. Nothing esoteric or mysterious about it. Scientifically, how could you or I ever be separate from the whole? Impossible. Yet our experience of life is typically of separation, as in it’s me against the world or it’s us against them. And there … Read more

During our workshop this Saturday, we will focus on bridging the gap between breathwork and sound, between practicing pranayama and practicing mantra. The featured technique will be “So Hum.” Please view this presentation on “So Hum” by Swami J before the workshop to get the most out of our time together!

Definition of altered states: “An altered state of consciousness (ASC), also called altered state of mind or mind alteration, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking beta wave state. The expression was used as early as 1966 by Arnold M. Ludwig and brought into common usage from 1969 by Charles Tart. … Read more

Here is my cool discovery of the day: your lungs actually developed by ‘out pocketing,’ by emerging out, from your intestines! “The gut tube is the primitive precursor of both the respiratory and digestive systems.” This occurs very early in the fetus by ‘pinching off’ a bit of the gut tube; this section then develops, separating … Read more

“To overcome an obstacle or an enemy” is the attitudinal quality engendered through the practice of Ujjayi Breath. Have you ever noticed how, whenever you need to marshal yourself to hoist something heavy, or when you need laser focus to accomplish a task, that your breath automatically takes on a deep, sonorous tone? That is spontaneous … Read more

Ujjayi: Breathing Flowers Footage shot in Satya Hall at Pura Vida Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica several years ago. Just a long shot of these beautiful flowers and a bit of wind, a person walking past occasionally. To spice things up I tried speeding it up and then copying and pasting the speeded-up footage over … Read more