This is a checklist of birthday reflections which will help you understand how connected you are to God, Spirit and others. Learn how you can live a healthier, happier life with greater goodwill.

Yogis define love as the state of emotion which expresses as an ongoing, dynamic giving of oneself. Real love reveals itself in the way we treat ourselves and others. Love lifts us into lila, the divine play.

We focus on Pema Chodron’s discourses on the seven steps of loving kindness. As we live with open hearts, we rejoice in ordinary things and realize we are living in a sacred world.

Living for God is the fastest way to grow in yoga awareness — the jet plane method. Yogis call living for God Radha realization in reverence for the total adoration and service Radha rendered Krishna in ancient years. The term Radha represents the individual soul in an interplay with the Lord.

Japa, consciously repeating sacred syllables, or phrases, over and over again, takes us to a state of concentration and devotion. Explore several ways of chanting which help you enjoy deeper meditations and become more spiritually aware.

Ramakrishna Ananda shares three ways you can be renewed through yoga. Practices from Patanjali and Sri Ramakrishna re-establish us on the spiritual path. We can enjoy yoga-empowering vacations whenever we like.

The purpose of spiritual practice is to free oneself from the normal ego and its selfishness, according to Vedanta’s Swami Prabhavananda. Since this selfishness is the root of all suffering, we need to shift from ego dominance to spiritual dominance. Explore the two main yoga practices that assist in helping make this shift.

Are you concerned about our planet? About the future of humanity? Your prayers, which direct your love and light into the situation you are praying for, can make a real difference. Hear several main ways to pray which can help our planet and all humanity thrive.

We explore several ways to relate to the Lord in prayer: mystical prayer, affirmative prayer, interpretive prayer and the Lord’s Prayer. You can truly help others and open yourself to countless blessings through prayer.

Don’t let yoga practice become mechanical and absent-minded. Each day seek, establish, and maintain harmony. Then, between practices, strive to encourage and enjoy true harmony with the people in your daily life.