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Losing My Faith, My Guru & the Spiritual Truths that Followed.

The one thing I used to know about myself, without a shadow of a doubt, was that I loved God. Now it seems like the easiest thing to forget. I wrote that just months after losing my guru of 31 years. What do I mean by God? I mean connection to something bigger, something that feels right, something that is deeply connected to the world as a whole. On Mother’s Day last May, I went to the beach with two of my friends. I had lost my mother many years ...

Belly Dance Bliss and Heartbreak

I’m Ayanna Kafi and I am a belly dancer. My 12th grade English teacher said that if you like an author read everything they’ve ever written then read everything their influences have ever written and continue like this. When I first saw Rachel Brice on youtube, I was hooked. So began to research her teachers and I found an instructional DVD by Asharah. I continued to along this path and then I hit the jackpot I found Suhaila, I started to watch her videos in hopes that I could get ...

Sunrise Yoga

This morning practice will begin by candlelight surrounded by sacred temples on a dock over the water on Kashi Ashram. As the Sun begins to rise, our focus will be on the sacred space created as we move, breathe and stretch in unity with the elements of the environment around us. Join Durgaya on Saturday March 9th. SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 6 – 7.30 am $15 per person Space is limited: Registration is a must Please register by: March 1st Register at: 772- 589- 1403 ext 109 Class Level: All ...

Intro to Advanced Poses

Sunday, Jan. 13, 1-3pm, $20 This workshop will review the basic principles of Headstand, Crow and Handstand in a fun, supportive atmosphere. Learn how props and alignment principles can be used to take you beyond your working edge and into once out of reach poses. You will leave with an understanding of each pose that will continue to advance your practice on and off your yoga mat. Once the basic pose is achieved variations can be explored, such as Wide Angle Headstand, Side Crow and Handstand off the wall. ...

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French Creams ~ a yogis treat

8 oz Semi- Sweet Chocolate (Toblers, Bakers, Nestle ~ 5oz candies)
1 cup sifted Confectioner’s Sugar
1 TBSP Milk
1 Egg well-beaten
1 cup finely chopped nuts (pecan meal) or 1/2 cup Coconut

Heat chocolate over hot water until partly melted.

5 Rules for Conscious Unemployment:

Whether you’re recently jobless, or have been floating around in the unemployed ethers for months, you know it takes daily effort to keep a positive outlook.

How To Be a Free Spirit ~ Advice From an Expert

Being a free spirit is like being the air. Sometimes your freedom will give you so much power, so much energy you will move like a tornado through your life, and at other times your lack of roots will allow you to form into a totally new space, new life or new relationship.

balance.

ok, ok, so…i know what i said yesterday. back to work and trim the fat and all that. and so, at 445 i was up and hydrating, getting ready for 6 and a half hours or so, of training today.

KALI: Gifts From The Dark Goddess

Kali comes into our lives with skulls around her neck, blood on her tongue and a skirt made of demon arms.

Namaste: from your heart to outer space!

I live on a beautiful ashram in a small beach town in Florida. The setting would be perfect for a Hollywood movie where a young yogini has a magical adventure ending with an unexpected windfall of good luck and spiritual enlightenment (Dear Universe: What do you think?).