Hari-kirtana is an author, mentor, and yoga teacher who shares his knowledge and experience of how the yoga wisdom tradition can guide us toward meaningful and transformative spiritual experiences.
How Yoga Can Save Democracy
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Greetings Reader - I live in Washington, D.C., a company town where the "company" is the federal government, where seeing the President's Press Secretary at a coffee shop constitutes a celebrity sighting, and policy geeks crowd into sports bars to watch Judiciary Committee hearings instead of the Nats, Caps, Wizards, or Mystics. Politics is the number one spectator sport here in our nation's capital. And for those of us who live here, being a spectator is all you get to be. Fewer people live in Vermont and Wyoming than in Washington D.C. but, unlike Woodchucks and Wyomans (who may actually be from a planet in the Delta Quadrant), residents of the District of Columbia have no senators and no voting representatives in the House. D.C.'s official motto is Justitia Omnibus ("Justice for All"), but the motto on our license plates is "Taxation Without Representation." Yes, really: that's what it says on my license plates, front and back. So I'm counting on political activists from outside the District to move the needle in the direction of justice for all, and that's where my friend, Jamie Lynn Maniscalco, comes in. Jamie is a yoga teacher, community leader, and political activists who recruits and trains women, non-binary, and BIPOC people to run for public office. And she's going to be my special guest for our next COMMUNITY CONVERSATION a free monthly study group Live via Zoom on the 2nd Wednesday of every month @ 12:00 pm Eastern Time NEXT CONVERSATION: Wednesday, May 8 2024 POLITICAL PRANA: HOW YOGA CAN SAVE DEMOCRACY This conversation will be recorded and available for replay on my YouTube channel Registration is free – CLICK HERE to get updates and the Zoom link! We'll talk about
Community Conversation is a FREE monthly online gathering where we connect spiritual ideas to real life. If you haven't registered for our free monthly Community Conversations yet, CLICK HERE to get updates and the Zoom link for the live discussion, and the recording link so you can listen to the replay if you can't join us live. If you're already registered, you'll get reminder emails with the Zoom link next week. I'm looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the relationship between yoga and political action. Hoping to see you next Wednesday, - Hari-k |
Hari-kirtana das
Hari-kirtana is an author, mentor, and yoga teacher who shares his knowledge and experience of how the yoga wisdom tradition can guide us toward meaningful and transformative spiritual experiences.
Greetings Reader - The wisdom texts of yoga tell us that how we acted in our previous lives created the blueprint for our current life and how we act in this life is creating the blueprint for our future lives. This progression of ongoing actions and reactions is known as the law of karma. On one level, it's a pretty simple formula: we create happiness for others, happiness comes our way in return; we cause distress for others, we create distress for ourselves. Eventually, but inevitably,...
Greetings Reader - If you or a yoga teacher you know want to learn a sure-fire strategy for creating a workshop that will attract a crowd and deliver a truly valuable experience for all who attend, save your spot for this special event: How To Develop Great Workshops Live via Zoom on Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT A great yoga workshop can be a life-changing experience. The challenge for the teacher is to consistently craft workshops that make a real difference in people’s...
Greetings Reader, I'm happy share the news that my new my book, Journey Into the Bhagavad Gita - A Guide to Exploring Timeless Principles of Transcendental Knowledge and Integrating Them Into Your Life, is set for release on May 23, 2024. Here's the cover: When I started on this project, I had no idea how long it would take to finish writing, editing, designing, and publishing this book. To be honest, if I had, I might not have written it. But I didn't and I did and it's done. Whew! Here's an...