Tips for overcoming the forces that keep you from making progress. Yoga is not a belief system. Yoga must be experienced. It is not enough to know some yoga concepts; we need to be empowered and transformed by yoga.

Ramakrishna Ananda teaches a metaphysical approach which helps increase our constructive habits and transform any destructive ones. He shares how we can use Ernest Holmes’ ideas to help ourselves and others express the divine self within.

The state of self-realization isn’t something we can make happen. We can only awaken to it, like rising from a sleep. Discover six methods of awakening that are genuine gifts for every seeker.

Yogis often focus on the breath and the energy moving in the spine. Ramakrishna Ananda explains the practice of stimulating spinal energy to rise and revealing Spirit within and around us.

What is the relationship between yoga and metaphysics? Both emphasize: 1) that new causes bring new effects and 2) that spiritual awareness involves an ascent into higher consciousness followed by a descent (or manifestation) of that higher consciousness into daily life, health and well being.

Through meditation we are able to expand our consciousness. We can then experience Spirit and see the world spiritually. We live our daily lives in a higher level of consciousness.

As we calm our mortal thinking mind and feeling, we enter the vast universal mind. We begin to understand what yogis, mystics and metaphysicians experience.

As you quiet your mortal mind and its concerns, you’re able to enter the vast universal mind. Ramakrishna Ananda describes some of these high experiences. You also discover your true self, your soul, that which is eternal, pure and painless.

Find the steps to experiencing the heart’s true feeling. Your emotional nature is a powerful force and, when used positively, can significantly help you develop in yoga. Your strong and clear feelings are great assets.

The term guru can be defined simply as teacher. But satguru means spiritual guide, dispeller of spiritual ignorance. Satgurus have three functions: 1) as guides; 2) as dispellers of delusions; and 3) as matchmakers who assist the seeker in having a closer relationship with Spirit.