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Insights—Resources for More Effective Living
It’s our joy to share this growing library of informative and inspirational articles. We hope you’ll enjoy them and find them useful. Your feedback is most welcome.
Yogic Diet—Foods as Vibration
Come to a deeper—and highly practical—understanding of how to choose and prepare healthy and delicious meals. It’s based in Yoga’s ancient principles of the effect of different vibratory qualities of various foods.
Overcoming Fear—My Experience of Hang Gliding
What can you do when fear paralyzes your body and terrifies your mind?
Overcoming Obstacles—4 Mistakes to Avoid When You Face an Obstacle
Audio MP3 recording of a teleclass that we gave as a prelude to one of our retreats on the larger topic of “Yoga’s Solutions for Difficult Times—How to Overcome Life’s Obstacles”
12 Tips for a Better Night’s Sleep
For many people, just a few minor adjustments in their daily routine can make a world of difference.
The Causes of Economic Depression
Written more than 50 years ago in reference to The Great Depression of the 1930s, Yogananda’s words ring hauntingly true amid today’s economic turmoil.
Teachings of Reincarnation in the Bible
from the writings of Paramhansa Yogananda and Swami Kriyananda
Some very familiar but slightly puzzling verses from the Bible take on new meaning and clarity when seen in the light of reincarnation—and in the light of many reincarnational teachings having been removed from the Bible in 533 C.E.
An Ayurvedic Approach to Ananda Yoga (pdf download)
by Mangala Sue Loper-Powers
In addition to being a staff teacher at The Expanding Light retreat, Mangala is Clinical Ayurvedic Specialist, Nurse Practitioner, Ananda Yoga teacher, and Ananda minister. She wrote this article for an audience of Ananda Yoga teachers, but it is quite accessible for anyone with a basic knowledge of Hatha Yoga.