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April 29, 2026
The Integration of Opposites in Practice

By Kino MacGregor It is easy for the mind to fracture the world into opposites. This is its habit and its comfort, to divide experience into clean lines of right ...

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Category: Practice
April 15, 2026
The Vinyasakrama Yoga

By Srivatsa Ramaswami I thought I should write about one of the unique features of Vinyasakrama yoga keeping the multiple 100 hr Vinyasakrama programs in consideration. My Guru Sri Krishnamacharya ...

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Category: Culture
March 3, 2026
The Source Is Always Within

By Kino MacGregor I am in Mysore now, a place that has been the home of yoga for me for the last twenty-six years of my life. Being here in ...

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Category: Practice Uncategorized
February 6, 2026
The True Meaning of Yoga Practice: Beyond Stretching Into Inner Transformation

By Kino MacGregor How yoga practice cultivates inner awareness, ethical clarity, and spiritual maturity beyond physical postures. Yoga is more than stretching. Anyone who has practiced sincerely for even ...

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Category: Culture
October 29, 2025
Prasārita Pādottānāsana: The Quiet Expansion of the Inner Sky

By Kino MacGregor The Sanskrit name Prasārita Pādottānāsana unfolds its meaning with the elegance of the posture itself. Prasārita means “spread out” or “expanded,” from the root √sṛ meaning “to ...

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Category: Pose Tutorials
October 27, 2025
Astrology – Mother of Sciences and Religions

Astrology: The Mother of Sciences Astrology is dubbed the mother of sciences. The act of measuring, calculating, and tracking the heavenly bodies helped transform the early stargazers into prototype empirical ...

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Category: Culture
December 28, 2020
COURAGE versus FEAR

Love transforms fear, and the way to that is the practice of courage. So in order not to lose anything, we have to give and share. When we do that, ...

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Category: Wellness
March 13, 2018
A Time To Listen

We are living in a challenging and powerful time. A bright light is being aimed at our shadows of racism, sexism, misogyny, xenophobia, prejudice, violence, and hate. These elements of ...

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March 6, 2018
The Sacred Space Of Yoga

There is no direct line to growth. It’s a curvy, twisted path through the heart. You might not think you can get any stronger, you might think you’re all alone, ...

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February 27, 2018
Conquering Pride: The Enemy Within.

Life is full of obstacles. But most of them are external to us: Illness, death, divorce, job loss, and family troubles. You get the picture. But I want to examine ...

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