Yoga Expo Los Angeles, Pasadena (Feb. 7)

Yoga is easy fun for every body.

Discover new yoga modalities, wellness innovation, and headliners Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom at Yoga Expo LA 2026. All ages. The Yoga Expo LA 2026 is a Forward-Thinking Gathering of Yoga, Wellness, and Innovation.

Join in on Saturday, February 7th, 2026, at the prestigious Pasadena Convention Center for the nation’s largest yoga-inspired gathering.

Now in its 8th year, The Yoga Expo LA is evolving to highlight the future of yoga, wellness innovation, and conscious community building. This all-day immersive event welcomes 3,000+ attendees and features:

🌟 World-Renowned Headliners: Practice with Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom, co-founders of Inner Dimension TV, as they lead powerful, transformational sessions designed to inspire and elevate.

🧘 Yoga for Every Body: Experience diverse styles and new modalities—from vinyasa and restorative to trauma-informed practices, sound healing, and next-generation yoga hybrids.

🌱 Wellness Innovation: Explore the latest in holistic living, biohacking, functional wellness, mindfulness technologies, and sustainable lifestyle solutions.

🛍️ Curated Marketplace: Discover eco-conscious brands, yoga apparel, clean beauty, superfoods, supplements, and regenerative wellness products.

🎤 Presentations and Workshops: Engage with teachers, healers, and facilitators offering classes, talks, and practices to deepen this journey. Each exhibitor receives a 50-minute presentation slot to connect directly with attendees.

🤝 Community and Connection: Network with studio owners, retreat leaders, conscious entrepreneurs, and fellow seekers who are shaping the future of wellness.

✨ Opportunities to Participate: Presenters, Teachers, Facilitators: Share gifts on stage.

Exhibitors and Brands: Showcase products and services.

Sponsors and Partners: Align with a trusted platform and reach a highly engaged audience.

The Yoga Expo LA 2026 is more than an event—it’s a movement of forward-thinking wellness and conscious connection. Be part of a day that inspires, educates, and uplifts.

👉 Visit TheYogaExpo.org to register as an attendee, presenter, exhibitor, or sponsor.

• Saturday, Feb. 7th, 2026
• 10:00 am-6:00 pm
• 9:00 AM VIP early entry

WHAT TO EXPECT

Enter the healing salon pyramid.

🌟 Headliners: Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom: Experience transformational practices with Travis Eliot and Lauren Eckstrom, world-renowned yoga teachers and co-founders of Inner Dimension TV, leading main-stage sessions that will inspire, challenge, and uplift.

Yoga and Movement: From energizing vinyasa flows to restorative practices and cutting-edge new modalities, there’s something for every body.

Move, breathe, and expand practice while exploring the future of yoga. Expect classes all day long led by a diverse lineup of teachers, plus live music, movement, and community networking.

🧘🏾‍♂️ Meditation and Mindfulness

What would Patanjali do? (Yoga Sutras)

Discover accessible yet powerful meditation practices rooted in ancient wisdom and adapted for today’s world. Learn tools for stress relief, resilience, and clarity from teachers blending tradition with modern insights.

💡 Keynotes, Panels, and Wellness Innovation: Join inspiring talks, panels, and forums led by industry leaders, exploring yoga philosophy, integrative health, wellness tech, biohacking, longevity, and conscious business. This is where movement meets personal and professional growth.

👩🏼‍👦🏼 Family and Little Yogis: Yoga is for all ages! Kids can explore yoga, mindfulness, breathing techniques, and creative activities in a safe, playful space—making The Yoga Expo a family-friendly experience.

🛍️ Marketplace: Explore over 125+ conscious brands from local artisans to global innovators. Discover yoga apparel, retreats, clean skincare, wellness products, cultural crafts, and sustainable solutions—all curated to inspire conscious living.

🌿 Organic Food and Beverage Sampling: Fuel the day with delicious, health-focused food and drinks. Enjoy tastings and options ranging from vegan, organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO to innovative wellness snacks and beverages.

✨ Community and Connection: Beyond classes and products, The Yoga Expo LA is about connection—meeting teachers, practitioners, conscious entrepreneurs, and seekers who are shaping the future of wellness. Be Part of a Transformational Experience Step into a day of yoga, movement, and mindful living, hosted by Arianne Traverso and Sandra Tribioli. Together, they bring decades of expertise in yoga, wellness, and transformational community experiences, curating a space where ancient yogic traditions meet modern innovation.

🌟 Exhibitors and Sponsorships: For exhibitor and sponsor opportunities, connect with: Sandra Tribioli | sandra@theyogaexpo.co

WHAT ATTENDEES SAY

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• "There was a great variety of classes offered and lots of different vendors to shop with. It was a fun-filled day, and well worth it! I really enjoyed it and can’t wait for the next one!"
• "Amazing experience. Tried so many classes—there were endless choices. All the instructors were inspiring and unique!"
• "Spent the entire day at the expo and was able to enjoy four different classes. The marketplace was out of this world. Already planning for next year!"
• "Such a beautiful event filled with amazing people and conscious vendors. As a beginner, I felt so welcome—I explored so many styles of yoga. Best weekend ever!"
• "It was a day full of laughter, joy, and unforgettable memories. The kids were glowing with happiness exploring yoga life."

WHERE TO STAY

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Hotel Dena (formerly the Sheraton Pasadena) 📍 Right inside the Convention Center 303 Cordova Street, Pasadena, California, USA, 91101 📞 Toll Free: +1-800-457-7940. Why? Exclusive discounted group rate with breakfast included. (Call hotel directly for updated rates if needed.)

WHAT TO KNOW

💵 Cash-Friendly — Please support vendors. Discover innovative yoga mats, tools, clothing, jewelry, travel destinations, and more.

🎟 VIP & Ultra VIP (High Life) Passes — Enjoy early entry, skip the lines, receive a premium gift bag, and access extra perks.

🧘 Classes — First come, first served. Arrive early to secure a spot.

🚫 Ticket Policy — All ticket sales are final. No refunds. 🌦 Rain or shine — the event will go on regardless of weather.

✨ Learn more or subscribe at TheYogaExpo.org. Thanks to sponsors and partners! Holistic Wander Global Sound Bath and Wisdom Quarterly: American Buddhist Journal

• The Yoga Expo Los Angeles 2026 - The Future of Yoga & Wellness Awaits! Tickets, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
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A star is born: Yoga, dancing; Pilates...

An Experience of Enlightenment

Anyone who has ever danced or done yoga postures (asanas) has to marvel at the impossibility of Assam's 8-year-old BINITA CHETRY, who blows even jaded judges away with the most flexible dancing audition ever on the show.

It's one thing to be able to bend. It is a whole 'nother to have this much poise, balance, creativity, and élan. Is this what ancient dancers did to bedazzle visitors in far-flung kingdoms?

Do frog pose for 100 years to get ready to dance. - Next, let's work on strength and balance.

Hobert: Hey, I can dance AND sing.

In the little book An Experience of Enlightenment, there is a kingdom at the nexus of two great rivers in Northern India (perhaps the Brahmaputra and Saraswati). And there a temple dancing girl lives until a handsome traveling stranger comes through the area and wins her heart. But her jealous handler won't stand for it. One is reminded of that strange tale retold by a European after a seance in the book's true story.

• How does she do it?! | Britain's Got Talent | Facebook

BOOK REVIEW: I read this little book in Finnish, and it was a vivid, charming, and interesting experience of [spiritual] search[ing], enlightenment, and meditation. The book was published a long time ago, and it seems rare to find personal experiences of women of this age on the path of meditation (without being lifestyle-obsessed). Source (rare book)

• 8-year-old wonder dancer from Assam sets British talent show on fire and earns plaudits from judges
• What happened? Did Binita Chetry win Britain's Got Talent Series 18?

Aubrey Hobert: "Sue Me" Pilates

AUBREY HOBERT (born 1999) is an American singer and songwriter from NYC. After co-writing several songs with Gracie Abrams on her 2024 album The Secret of Us, Hobert released her debut single, "Sue Me," in 2025. Her debut album, Who's the Clown?, was released on Aug. 15, 2025. More

Yeah, but can a girl play a guitar?

(Tina S) Ludwig van Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (3rd movement)

Yeah, Aubrey, okay. Thank you. Next. NOBODY was prepared for this 8-year-old's power on Britain's Got Talent Replay. Aug. 23, 2025: An 8-year-old dancer from Assam, India, may look sweet, but she performs with the power and ferocity of a tigress. Her unique routines combine breathtaking yogic acrobatics with fierce martial arts moves, set to epic, cinematic music. From embodying "Wonder Woman" to unleashing her inner feline power, she takes control of the entire stage, even dancing on the judges' desk in a stunning display of girl power.

• Who is Binita Chetry? Meet the 8-year-old sensation taking Britain’s Got Talent by storm

Mermaid Island: "Freaks"

• Who's your favorite punk band? Mermaid Island. Why? Heard them on Heidi and Frank: Stay or Go
• Heidi and Frank Podcast - Podcast - Apple Podcasts
• What about "Sicko Mode" as trap-metal by trans MaryJaneDaniel?

Yoga: 108 Sun Salutations, Round 2 (1/21)

Ambassador Stella "Yogihantas" Han (kinshipyoga.com/events), Instagram. YogaGivesBack.org, Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Cody, Jen (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

YogaGivesBack.org – To Mobilize the Global Yoga Community

New Year's Yoga Mala: 108 Sun Salutations with Stella Han

Yoga Gives Back (@yogagivesback) • Instagram photos and videos

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The 14 moves in one salutation

Join Yogini Stella for the 8th Annual New Year 108 Sun Salutations event, Round 2!

Practice yoga for a cause: 50% of proceeds go to the charity Yoga Gives Back.

In Eastern philosophy (and other spiritual traditions such as Catholicism), 108 is considered an auspicious number that represents a complete cycle (an alpha and omega, an ultimate beginning or ending phenomenon).

Stella Han, MSW (@yogihantas) • Instagram

For this reason, we aspire to complete an empowering ritual of 108 rounds of Sun Salutation in the new year.

This Hatha Yoga practice may be modified, which is encouraged to make it healthy and assure completion.

Feel free to do any number that feels safe in this body. The Sun Salutation yoga series is a beautiful moving ritual that connects mind and body.

The "Sun Salutation" series is 14 yoga poses.

It can act as a form of devotional practice, bowing to the divine light within, the sun in the heavens, the goal of union....

Set an intention or use the salute to practice, honor, and respect the healing nature of ancient wisdom. Sign up: Kinship Studios (mindbodyonline.com)

• RSVP: Yoga Moving Meditation: 108 Sun Salutations, Round 2, Sun, Jan 21, 2024, 3:30 PM | Meetup
• Yoga Gives Back (@yogagivesback) • Instagram
• Charity helping girls in India: yogagivesback.org

Mindfulness vs. cell phones in yoga class

Yoga Teacher Erin Bidlake (erinbidlake.com); Dhr. Seven, Ananda (Dharma Buddhist Meditation) (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Uncomfortable with discomfort

Cell phones in yoga: compassionate approach

As a meditator and long-time yogi, I’m fully aware of how the discursive nature of my mind often keeps me from engaging with the present moment (being where we are, doing what we're doing, remaining mindful of this very moment).

The internal chatter of “pick up some greens for dinner, her comment felt judgey, should I change jobs?” is relentless and often painful.

The human desire to avoid pain and get comfortable is at the root of every addiction. We over-eat, shop, drink, and get high to numb the pain of our situations.

And more recently, we scroll and scroll through our social media feeds, looking for something to validate our lives, even as our lives are happening around us.

In this way, discursivity (the habit of letting the mind wander endlessly in search of something to amuse it and satisfy its cravings) is just one more thing we’ve outsourced to our cell phones.

No, it's okay, I can talk. What's up?

When the vulnerability of our situation becomes too much, a never-ending stream of status updates is there to provide distraction and relief.

Knowing this, compassion seems like the only thoughtful response to students checking cell phones in class. (Who needs mindfulness? I mean, I thought that was why you came to moving-meditation of the postures, but I guess not.)

As a yoga teacher, I want to encourage my students to work with their vulnerability, discursivity, and addiction, so I hesitate to take a hard stand on cell phones in yoga class.

It's not because I condone them, but because I see them as symptomatic of a much larger issue: a widespread and almost pathological aversion to discomfort of any kind.

• Dr, Reggie Ray: Busy-ness is Laziness (elephant journal)

Learning to stay

I don't have to do what craving says?

How do we learn to stay with discomfort? We learn by doing it. Say we notice an itch, whether it be to scratch our nose or check our phone. Then like a patient and loving master says to her dog, we say to our own reactivity: "Stay."

We practice staying, breath by breath, mindful moment by mindful moment. We stay with the discomfort, the itch, the burning, the agony of not reacting to everything in our habitual ways.

In this way, we cultivate resilience; we cultivate an ability to hold our seat (asana, posture) when things get uncomfortable. (What do we do when things get tough? We get going.) Stay. More

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  Mindfulness practice takes courage. It’s contrary to how most of us live our lives! But where better to nurture the seeds of resilience and non-reactivity than on our yoga and meditation mats? Once we’ve practiced sitting with "benign discomfort" on our mats, we can take the qualities of attention, presence, non-reactivity, and resilience off the mat and into the world. Who would we be in our daily lives if we actually stayed present? We might hold our position when things really matter: when we’re with our partner, kids, friends, enemies, the boss or stuck in traffic.
• Intention? Cell phones in yoga class (elephant journal)

Bhakti Fest, Joshua Tree (Sept. 15-17)

Bhakti Fest, Joshua Tree, CA, Sept. 15, 2023 | Afton Tickets; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly

THE YOGA & CONSCIOUS MUSIC EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME IS BACK.

After a three-year hiatus Bhakti Fest is making its long-awaited return. The revival of a premiere 3-day Yoga & Conscious Music Festival, offering music all day, a wide variety of yoga, breathwork, sound healings, spiritual and wellness workshops in a magical high-desert setting (Joshua Tree Lake and Campground).

There will be much to do and see at Bhakti Fest, including an incredible line-up of amazing conscious musicians on multiple stages, premiere yoga classes, and a wide variety of spiritual and wellness workshops.

Favorite artists and yoga teachers will be returning, plus plenty of fresh faces. Enjoy an expanded KidsLand experience, beautiful art installations and live art, sound healings, bodywork in the healing sanctuary, a large array of amazing artisan vendors, and more.

Bhakti Fest features festival favorites such as Krishna Das, plus other beloved artists including Michael Franti, Ayla Nereo, Sol Rising, MC YOGI, Satsang, Ragunath, DJ Drez and Marti Nikko, Govind Das and Jacqueline Michelle, Kirtaniyas, and many more.

Practice with the world’s top yoga teachers and spiritual leaders such as Shiva Rea, Kia Miller, Andrew Sealy, Sujala Roy, Yogrishi Vishvketu, Michael Brian Baker, Jai Dev Singh, Kristin Olson, and many more to be announced.

• (Visit Bhaktifest.com for the full line-up coming soon). Bhakti Fest is a family-friendly, drug and alcohol-free event, and the programs are accessible to all levels.

Festival passes include everything excluding pre- and post-Fest intensives. These intensives take place on Thursday Sept. 14th and Monday Sept. 18th and require a separate ticket. A full festival pass is required to purchase the intensives.

Kids? Children under age 5 are free. The Bhakti Fest Kid Land is full of fun for the entire family.

Senior, local, veteran, and student discounts are also available. Reach out to info@bhaktifest.com for more information.

Accommodations include camping, RV camping with and without hookups, cozy trailers, and glamping yurts. It’s a powerful experience to camp under the stars of the high desert. But for those who enjoy more creature comforts, there are many local hotels, AirBnBs, and unique vacation home rentals available in the area.

For those who choose to camp, please bring own camping gear. Or purchase camping and RV's without hookups on the Afton Tickets website. For all other options, learn more here.

Please do not bring alcohol, cigarettes, or drugs to this event. Note that tickets are non-refundable. Those one have purchased tickets and are unable to attend are welcome to transfer the ticket to someone else to sell or give the ticket away.

Join this heart-centered community for its 12th year of BHAKTI FEST.

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Learning from Ram "Be Here Now" Dass

Harvard's Dr. Richard Alpert became Ram Dass

Ram Dass -- though he has since passed away -- has been a pivotal influence on American culture for three generations. Every year, for the past ten years, Bhakti Fest Executive Producer Sridhar Silberfein has had the honor to meet with Ram Dass for a very special and intimate Bhakti Fest exclusive interview. Hear the most recent interview and the wisdom he has to share with bhaktas.

The dark and divine side of kundalini yoga

Asangoham, Sept. 26, 2022; Pat Macpherson, Dhr. Seven, Vanessa (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

WARNING: This is neither the path the Buddha took nor the one he recommended. It does not lead to awakening or Buddhist enlightenment (bodhi and nirvana and the end of all further rebirth and suffering) but rather only to Vedic/Hindu samadhi (a wonderful experience often mistaken for final liberation or Buddhist moksha but far from it). This is also not Guru Nanak and Sikhism's dharma as taught in the West under the brand name Kundalini Yoga, a hazardous mishmash of Ashtanga Yoga limbs, fraudulent Yogi Bhajan inventions tailored to impress Westerners, and cultish nonsense not representative of the Sikh or Hindu religions. See the sex and money scandals of Yogi Bhajan and Guru Jagat as cautionary tales. This discussion of the Eightfold Path of Raja or Ashtanga Yoga within Hinduism, extending to esoteric Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhist practices, as these schools are very influenced by Brahmanism and Vedic Hinduism.

The "dark" and "divine" side of kundalini yoga

(Asangoham) The term yoga has its roots in the Sanskrit word yuj, which means "to yoke together, to conjoin."

Hence, yoga implies a spiritual union of the individual consciousness with the all-pervading, universal consciousness, or Brahman (Ultimate Reality behind all maya or "illusion"), according to the Upanishads.

In this way, yoga is the empirical part of religion, says Gopi Krishna in his work, Kundalini: The Secret of Yoga (3).

Of all the different yoga traditions and schools that developed in ancient Vedic times, Kundalini Yoga [the Hindu not Sikh version] is considered to be the most powerful and therefore the most dangerous.

It is part of the Shaiva Tantra system. Kundalini is considered to be a form of sacred feminine energy that lies dormant at the base of the human spine, called the muladhara, coiled like a serpent.

This is pure, formless energy which has immense potential if awakened. Shaiva Tantra calls this "energy" or shakti, Mother Divine, or the formless aspect of the Goddess.

Swami Satyananda Saraswathi, a great master of kundalini yoga and author of Kundalini Tantra says that although one may be generally aware of what yoga is, one requires some kind of awareness of what tantra is in order to appreciate the mysterious working of kundalini yoga.

Tantra says that the range of mental experience can be broadened. With the help of the senses, our mind can have an experience based on an object. There can be an experience within the framework of time, space, and object. But there can also be an experience beyond the framework of time, space, and object.

The second form of experience can happen when the present mind expands beyond its given definitions and borders. When this experience occurs, energy is released from oneself (Saraswati 6).

This concept is the tantric basis of kundalini yoga. The dormant kundalini energy, when awakened, will rise in a spiraling motion up through different energy nexus points in the body called chakras.

The literal meaning of chakra is "circle" or "wheel," but in the context of kundalini tantra, it also connotes a vortex-like motion.

There are many chakras in a human body, but the principal ones within the body are seven. And the highest one, the seventh, is at the crown of the head.

The mind of a worldly person with base desires and passions moves in the muladhara and svadhishthana chakras or energy centers situated near the anus and the reproductive organs respectively.

If one’s mind becomes purified, the mind rises to the manipura chakra, or the center in the navel, and experiences some power and joy.

If the mind becomes more purified, it rises to the anahata chakra, or the center in the heart, experiences bliss, and visualizes the effulgent form of the ishta devata or the "tutelary deity."

When the mind is highly purified, when meditation and devotion become intense and profound, the mind rises to visuddha chakra, or the center in the throat, and experiences more and more powers and bliss.

Even when the mind has reached this center, there is a possibility for it to come down to the lower centers.

#kundaliniyoga #spirituality #chakras #kundaliniawakening

• Voiceover: Surjit Singh
• Script: Shaiju Koottucheradil Chacko
• Editor: Medo
• Score: Epidemic Music

References

1. Halliday, Sandra Tan. Kundalini Yoga: Unlocking the Secrets to Radiant Beauty and Health. Kundalini Research Institute, 2003.

2. Kason, Yvonne. Farther Shores: Exploring How Near-death, Kundalini and Mystical Experiences Can Transform Ordinary Lives. Harper Collins, 1994.

3. Krishna, Gopal. Kundalini- The Secret of Yoga. F.I.N.D. Research Trust, 2000.

4. - --. Kundalini The Evolutionary Energy in Man. Stuart & Watkins, 1970.

5. Paulson, Genevieve L. Kundalini & the Chakras: Evolution in This Lifetime. Llewellyn Publications, 2002.

6. Rele, Vasant G. The Mysterious Kundalini. D. B. Taraporevala Sons and Co., 1927.

7. Sannella, Lee. Kundalini Experience: Psychosis or Transcendence?

8. Saraswati, Swami Satyananta. Kundalini Tantra. Yoga Publications Trust, 2002.

9. Swami, Sivananda. Kundalini Yoga. Divine Life Society, 1994.

10. Grant, Kara-Leigh. The Hidden Dangers of a Kundalini Awakening | UPLIFT

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Sedona Yoga Festival (March 10)

Sedona Yoga Festival, Accessible Yoga; Meg, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Sedona Yoga Festival 2023

Sedona Yoga Festival (#SYF) is proud to partner with @AccessibleYoga (AY) for a very special virtual mini-retreat on Friday, March 10, 2023.

Like #SYF, AY prioritizes inclusivity and diversity and holds space for conversations that move the #community forward. Join AY Founder and Director @JivanaHeyman -- as well as #SYF2023 presenters @oreggieglobal, @shannasmallofficial, and @pranascience -- for a morning of #mindfulness, #accessible #asana, #yoga philosophy, #soundhealing, and #pranayama.

There will also be special giveaways offered of one (1) All Access Pass* to the Sedona Yoga Festival and one (1) free pass to the Accessible Yoga Online Studio. All attendees will additionally receive a 10% discount code to SYF tickets and a special discount to the Accessible Yoga Online Studio.

SYF Presents: Spring Renewal Mini-Retreat: A Fundraiser for Accessible Yoga (Friday, March 10 9:00–11:00 am MST (11:00 am–1:00 pm ET // 10:00-11:00 am CST // 8:00-10:00 am PST // 4:00-5:00 pm BST).

The mini-retreat will include: 🌱 Accessible Asana with Jivana Heyman 🌱 Yoga Philosophy Lecture with Shanna Small 🌱 Sound Healing with Reggie Hubbard 🌱Accessible Pranayama Practice with Dr. Sundar Balasubramanian 🌱 Closing with Jivana & Reggie (including a giveaway)

• Sedona Yoga Festival on Instagram: #SYF + AY
• Registration starts at $15. Link in bio to save a spot

An easier way to meditate?

Brittenway; Amber Larson, Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

The wisdom of Brad Warner (ACZC)

What if there were an easier way to "sit" meditation, zazen style? In yoga, asana literally means "seat." But how we sit, how we arrange our limbs to enter meditative states, is flexible. We need not lock into full lotus. There's half lotus, easy pose, ergonomic cushions, a small bench, a sturdy chair, and even sinking into the tub. We leave the body, and turn our attention to the other three objects/subjects of meditation: feelings, mind, and mind-objects. First, to enter the first meditation (jhana, zen, chan, dhyana), we can focus on the breath. But there are other ways. For instance, there's loving-kindness meditation, focusing all of our attention on well-wishing one respected person. See more at metta bhavana. Draw a bath, get a small bench for the knees, find a support for the lower back. It's even possible to lie down when practice gets better (otherwise we risk falling asleep). This company also has a solution: BRITENWAY Bed Wedge Pillow Set: 4-piece orthopedic wedge pillow set with 45D memory foam pillows for back, neck, head, shoulders support that's ergonomic

The author of the Yoga Sutras Patanjali describes asana practice as the third of the eight limbs (Sanskrit अष्टाङ्ग or aṣhṭāṅga) of Raja Yoga. The word asana is from Sanskrit (आसन, "sitting down," from आस् ās "to sit down"), a sitting posture, a meditation seat.

Alan Watts on "YOGA" (Buddhist Radio)

Alan Watts, Sunday, Sept. 4, 8:00 am (kpfk); Seth Auberon, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Pacifica Free Speech Radio Archives: ALAN WATTS on KPFK.org 90.7 FM

(Jofy/YouTube) What is Intellectual Yoga (jnana yoga) on the various paths to union, like Christian devotion (bhakti), karma ("action"), royal or integral (raja or kundalini), chanting (mantra), etc.

Go to "Alan Watts on Sunday, September 4, 2022, at 8:00 AM" in archives.kpfk.org

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ABOUT: "Buddhist Radio" is our name for programmer Roy of Hollywood Tuckman's show Something's Happening when, on Thursdays at midnight and Sundays at 8:00 am, it becomes Buddhist-centric, featuring British-Californian Alan Watts and other luminaries like Los Angeleno Shinzen Young, Pema Chodron, Tami Simon (Sounds True) interviews, and other great overnight listening. Tune in to Pacifica Free Speech Radio, Los Angeles (KPFK.org 90.7 FM).

Free Yoga: Mindful Movement Meditation

Jen (Dharma Buddhist Meditation), Dhr. Seven (ed.), Wisdom Quarterly; Spiral Path Yoga

Yoga for calm, mindfulness for insight.

All eight aspects of yoga work together to effect the nervous system. Mindful movement using yoga poses help us settle down for sitting meditation by energizing and activating the body where it's at and guiding the system toward calm. We'll use open awareness practices to support concentration, collecting attention, directing it toward the expansive field of experience. Addie deHilster, the owner of Spiral Path Yoga Center, leads us in calming poses, Q&A, mindful and loving meditations. Bring a towel or yoga mat and water. Refreshments. Free/by donation.

Dharma Buddhist Meditation, Los Angeles: Thursday, Feb. 27, 2020, 7:00-8:30 PM

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How to merge Yoga and Buddhism (11/7)

Ananda (Dharma Meditation Initiative), Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

Christine Turlington meditates.

Yoga ("union") merges breath, body, mind -- spirit, matter, and psyche. Its ancient practices have the same aim as Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path: liberation from rebirth and all ordinary limitations. Patanjali tried to organize ancient Vedic teachings into an eight-limbed system for the same result as the Buddha. We'll talk with a yoga expert from India who has also practiced Buddhism. Bring a yoga mat or towel (optional). Vegan refreshments served. FREE/by donation. RSVP

• Dharma Meditation Initiative
• 7:00 PM, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019
• (Date updated due to Diwali)
• Ahiah Center for Spiritual Living
• 150 N. El Molino, Pasadena