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Saluting the Sun #1: Standing Prayer and Mountain

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Aidan

Tadasana 1 and Tadasana 2: Urdhva Baddha Hastasana            “People do not pay attention to the correct method of standing,”1 says BKS Iyengar in his comments on this basic, initial pose, from which everything else emanates. May … Continue reading →

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Seeing the beauty #2

Posted on September 8, 2015 by Aidan

“Giving your complete attention,” I said in Seeing the beauty #1. Observe. Let’s mine that idea a little, because its influence and impact spread out into all areas of the process of balancing the Ecology of the Soul. Observation is … Continue reading →

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Spiritual / Physical / Conscient

Posted on September 4, 2015 by Aidan

Spiritual/physical; matter is energy and You are energy. Yoga allows you to experience the flow of energy in your body; it opens your physical ‘channels’ up to that universal force. Chinese medicine and a host of other Eastern schools of … Continue reading →

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Video 1: Peace, Power and a Balanced Ecology of the Soul

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Aidan

Peace, Power & Balance – The Ecology of the Soul First in a collection of short videos. Subsequent ones will be shorter! Enjoy. Here’s the script: The Ecology of the Soul – the Balance of Peace and Power Hi I’m Aidan … Continue reading →

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The Atma Bomb #2

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Aidan

As we said earlier, Sanskrit for ‘soul’ or ‘self’ is ‘atma’. Remind you of anything, given that our modern language owes an enormous amount, in root and branch, to this most ancient of languages? Any particular word that means ‘the … Continue reading →

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Magic Minute #5: Nature is cruel love

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Aidan

So we’re looking at the two sorts of energy, both of which, when all the bits and bobs, surface accoutrements, distractions and detours, are stripped away, are best understood as Love, because they are life, and if life isn’t love … Continue reading →

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The Blackboard Blog #6: Is desire undesirable?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Aidan

More than one image this morning, the Blackboard being a space where there is more than one idea to follow. Hope you don’t mind the sort of random household feel, deep spiritual Power Seeds (yeah, right) mixed in with notes … Continue reading →

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A Conscious, Conscient Being with a Conscience

Posted on April 4, 2012 by Aidan

Word games, here. But I love it, and in truth there is a lot of benefit in mining the meaning of words, ‘churning’ it, as they say in Raja Yoga. Look at the roots of the word, how it has … Continue reading →

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60 Seconds of Solitude

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Aidan

Bit different from One Hundred Years. But in a way that 60 seconds, the Magic Minute we’re talking about here, is considerably longer than 100 years, so much longer in fact that it qualifies as infinity, the endless journey into … Continue reading →

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Hold your peace. Say your piece

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Aidan

You know where that comes from, right? The ‘speak now or forever hold your peace’ thing? The tense moment in a movie wedding where the bride is standing at the altar with the wrong guy and the hero comes in … Continue reading →

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