As we practice, yoga improves our life and the lives of those around us. When we give yoga a chance, it will support us. Discover how great souls have expressed love and concern for humanity throughout the ages. Explore signs that you are being spiritually nourished. Allow Spirit to flow through you and improve the lives of those near you.

Awakening comes as a result of meditation, love, devotion and God’s grace. It is called the baptism of the Holy Spirit. The Comforter you have been yearning for suddenly floods your being with love, joy and admittance to the spiritual world. Sri Yukteswar (The Holy Science) beautifully describes the five stages of the heart one passes through toward awakening. Understanding these states can guide your development as you move from level to level.

It is important to know that we are spiritual beings in order to function well and be truly content. We miss one of the main joys of life if we don’t know our true nature. Though spiritual practices, we come into contact with Spirit and begin to realize our essence.

In the view of yoga, we keep reincarnating until we learn to love. The great yogi Sri Ramakrishna taught that love and devotion are the keys to experiencing and relating to the Divine. The Bible contains hundreds of passages about love. Yoga practice helps to release the emotional chains which bind us and to discover the heart’s true feeling — unconditional love. Enjoy a meditative exercise to stimulate the love which is already within you.

An essential yogic understanding is that Spirit can manifest Itself in and through us, improving our lives and uplifting those around us. Discover the peace, vitality and ecstasy which come as your soul becomes free to express.

As human beings we are called to awaken to our spiritual nature and interplay with the Infinite Spirit. Through yoga we learn to calm the mind and heart to discover the true self. We find that life is a lila (a divine drama) and that Spirit would like to move and express through us. Playing our part consciously leads to a fulfilled life brimming with joy.

We crave daily nourishment as we progress on the path. When we are doing sadhana (spiritual practice), we are satisfying this deep, spiritual need. Sadhana gives us the opportunity to redirect our awareness and become conscious of soul and Spirit. Through spiritual practice we discover the reality of the soul and live in the growing freedom of higher consciousness.

Ernest Holmes explains that the Lord is the First Cause out of Whom the whole universe is created. Yogis turn to the First Cause with their needs and problems. They enter the stillness, opening themselves and their concerns to the goodness and light of Spirit. Receive more goodness and love in your life by allowing spiritual light to move and express.

Yogis seek to become still on physical, mental and emotional levels. Stillness brings an awareness of the light which comes from the soul and Spirit. Abiding in the light brings blessings, healings and revelations, as well as change and transformation. Enter into stillness and allow the light of Spirit to shine in your life.