Category - Prayer

Baci Ceremony – Calling the Spirits

Adventure Tours, Buddhist, Featured, inspiration, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Stories and Tales, Yoga travel

BACI ບາສີ Baci is an important ceremony in Lao culture, a ritual to celebrate important events and occasions, like births, marriages, monkhood, travel, or ill health and to honour guests. Baci can take place all year, any day…

Blue Moon Love

inspiration, Personal, Prayer

I lost someone this week, who was very dear to me. From a very long time ago. But it feels like just yesterday we were 13 and running around in those woods in Vermont. Do you have a…

Mudras to Manifest Energy

Bhutan, Buddhist, inspiration, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT

My last post talked about what Mudras are and what they represent. There are many mudras and variations in each country for usage and meaning. Ive put together a list of some of the most common ones found…

Mudras for Meditation

Bhutan, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT

मुद्राis mudrā, literally means a “seal” in Sanskrit. A mudrā is a symbolic gesture in Hinduism, Taoism and Buddhism, and a spiritual and energetic seal in the spiritual practice of East Asian religions. Some mudrās involve the entire body,…

What Colour is Your Prayer Flag?

Bhutan, Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Stories and Tales, Teacher Training, Yoga

Images of colorful prayer flags fluttering in the wind, a dance of shadow and light against the majestic Himalayas. These speak of freedom and wishes for goodness and peace on the planet In the high mountains, it is…

Sukkha Dukkha

inspiration, Prayer, Stories and Tales

DUKKHA – दुक्ख It is 10 years since my Mothers passing this week, and it still stings into the core of my being to reflect on the loss. In our society and in much of the West, we look…

Shiva 5-Ohm

Myths & Legends, Prayer, Stories and Tales, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT

I have always been fascinated by different cultures and how they intermingle. As a multi culti masala mix myself, Ive been interested in how people from different parts of the world see things, and how that is similar…

Shiva Shakti Prayer

Prayer, Stories and Tales, Yoga

KAPUR AARTI कर्पूरगौरं करुणावतारं karpura gouram karunAva tAram संसार-सारं भुजगेन्द्रहारम् । sansArahAram bhujagendra hAram सदा वसन्तं हृदयारविन्दे sada vasantam hridiyAr vinde भवं भवानी सहितं नमामि ।। bhavam bhavAni sahitam namAmi I bow to that camphor-hued, white complexioned Lord…

Moon in May is Buddha Day

Buddhist, Myths & Legends, Prayer, Seasonal Living, Stories and Tales, Teacher Training

Full Moon of May The Moon in May is Buddha’s Day. Growing up in a traditional Chinese household, we had many cultural celebrations and paid respect to ancestors by lighting lanterns and candles, offerings flowers, incense and fruit…

ShantiDeva’s Prayer

Buddhist, Prayer, Teacher Training, Yoga, YTT

May all beings everywhere, Plagued by sufferings of body and mind, Obtain an ocean of happiness and joy By virtue of my merits. May no living creature suffer, Commit evil or ever fall ill. May no one be…