Yoga Sutra 2.39 Aparigraha
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Late Summer 2020 | Living in Right Relationship This sermon dives deep into the final yama, which is non-grasping or non-attachment. How does our need to acquire and possess keep us from living in right relationship with the world? This question is important. In fact, it's so ... (Continue Reading)
Yoga Sutra 2.38 Brahmacarya
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Late Summer 2020 | Living in Right Relationship This week we're exploring brahmacarya—which is quite possibly the most confusing yama. This sermon explores the many facets of brahmacarya and asks good questions about how we build, contain, and harness our energy so that we can move toward ... (Continue Reading)
Yoga Sutra 2.37 Asteya
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Early Summer 2020 | Living in Right Relationship In this sermon we continue our study of the yama-s. The yama-s are the first limb of the 8-limb path of yoga practice. There are five of them: non-violence truthfulness non-stealing energy containment non-grasping The yama-s are considered the ... (Continue Reading)
Yoga Sutra 2.36 Satya
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Early Summer 2020 | Living in Right Relationship We continue our exploration of the five yama-s (the ethical underpinning of yoga) with satya, or truthfulness. This sermon leads us back into our study of the klesha-s (the things that keep us stuck. You know, attachment, fear, things ... (Continue Reading)
Yoga Sutra 2.35 Ahimsā
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Early Summer 2020 | Living in Right Relationship This week begins our exploration of the yama-s (the ethical underpinning of yoga). We begin with ahimsā, which is most often translated as non-violence, but is so much more than the suppression of violence. Ahimsā is an inner attitude ... (Continue Reading)
YAMA: The Ethical Underpinning of Yoga
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Early Summer 2020 | Living in Right Relationship For the past few weeks I've been pondering what to write about... I wanted to focus on something that would be useful for this moment. Something that would help us spiritually resource ourselves. And in a quiet moment, ... (Continue Reading)
Spiritual Bypassing vs. Spiritual Resourcing
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Late Spring 2020 Let's begin with our simple mantra. Let's presence ourselves: Here we are. Here we are in this moment. This complex and potent moment. We've been facing a global pandemic for months. And now, in the US, white people are grappling with the reality ... (Continue Reading)
We have to imagine the world as if it could be otherwise.
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Late Spring 2020 First of all, let me say thank you! Last Sunday I took a break to cultivate the pause. And I really paused. I stayed off the internet. I ignored clock time. I read and hiked and ate carrot cake! And I felt deeply ... (Continue Reading)
The Next, Right Action
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Late Spring 2020 Do you ever look at everything happening in the world and feel overwhelmed? Me too. But we can't get lost or frozen in the feelings of overwhelm. No matter how small we feel, our actions matter. Our actions create the world. Think about that: ... (Continue Reading)
Spiritual Practices for Beltane
Welcome to the Yoga Church Sunday Sermons Spiritual Practices for Beltane The moment we're born, we inhale. And with this powerful first in-breath, we're called to exhale. And the rhythm of life begins! The rhythm of breath. The rhythm of our beating hearts. The rhythm of waking and sleeping. Of sun and moon, ... (Continue Reading)