The most common Problem

Posted by yogipatch in "Featured Articles" on January 23, 2010 | 2 Comments The most common problem is that we try to be the controllers of our own and other peoples lives and are blind to the divine energy which is controlled by a beautiful loving supreme being.  Attempting to control our own and others worlds ultimately leads to utter frustration distress and suffering.  We become a lost child struggling against the divine will.  This creates a whole spectrum of dysfunction one of them being blocked prana or chi in the body which can lead to a gamut of health issues.   Dancing in harmony with the divine will is the sure remedy to all problems in this world and each...

The Yoga of devotion

Posted by yogipatch in holistic lifestyle on December 26, 2009 | 3 Comments The meaning of the word Yoga is linking up to the divine.   Bhakti which is renowned as the top most of the yoga systems is governed by love and devotion.  Its goal is developing a personal relationship based giving ones life in unconditional service.   The vedic scriptures educate us, that we are by nature loving servants of the Supreme Personality Of Godhead and have a relationship that is of pure unconditional love.   When this goal is achieved the highest bliss is experienced.   One comes into the reality of  Satchitanada.   This is the realization that one is eternal, full of knowledge and...

Detoxing

Posted by yogipatch in holistic lifestyle on December 15, 2009 | 12 Comments Detoxing has been around for a very long time but only recently have more and more people started asking, ” what is it?” and “should I detox?”. Detoxing, is certainly on the cusp of an explosion. It just makes sense. It’s a lifestyle that encompasses what you eat, what you drink, your physical activity and your mind, emotions and spirit. It’s something that can have a tremendous impact on your health and on your life. But don’t worry you’re not running away to join a cult, you’re not going to be a social outcast, or subscribing to something...

living green and off the grid

Posted by yogipatch in sustainability on December 13, 2009 | 17 Comments Natural electricity is a great way to save a considerable amount of money each year as well as doing your part in helping the environment. Many people are starting to use detailed DIY guides to easily and affordably create their own windmills and or solar cells. Using said windmills or solar cells to tap renewable sources such as the wind or the sun, respectively, you can convert the energy which they produce into natural electricity. This electricity works just as well as that which you get from your power company. Using this natural electricity to power your home, you can live off the grid and no...

simple living, high thinking

Posted by yogipatch in The art of living on December 1, 2009 | 5 Comments We all yearn internally to live simply if we know it or not.   If you don’t know it than it is very likely that you are not in touch with your inner self, or intuition.  When life is simple and we live from a place of inner satisfaction we are able to come from a place of higher values toward ourselves and others such as humility, compassion, forgiveness, patience and gratitude.   When insatiable greed becomes one’s driving force, it is a common to fall in the unfortunate mood of wanting to take advantage of others and live from values that degrade us such as greed, envy, lust, anger...

The Journey, part 2

Posted by yogipatch in "Featured Articles" on November 15, 2009 | 1 Comment The ocean water being about 31 degrees (almost ice) put me in shock as I was being tossed around by the powerful currents. For about 5 minutes I struggled really hard to try and swim to the closest shore, but the water started taking its toll on me and rendering me ineffective against the powers of nature. At this moment I began to contemplate my death and felt myself become weak and more faint on each passing minute. I now came to a point where I felt all I could do is keep myself above the water and my perception had got to a point where I was losing track of what was really happening to me. At...

karma baby, know how it works and it can liberate you

Posted by yogipatch in "Featured Articles", karma on November 5, 2009 | No Comments When one is in knowledge, there is a understanding that every action has a  re-action.   Evolving on our Journeys means we are conscious of what Karma we may bring into our lives before performing any action.   First of all to do this one has to leave the modes of ignorance and passion and enter the mode of goodness which can be facilitated by Yoga practice, meditation, chi gong etc integrated with bonafide spiritual philosophy.   At Yogipatch we have seen many clients experience a shift in consciousness when one is not so overwhelmed with life and its circumstances.  We have designed the Zen...

Becoming a vegetarian, could be the #1 way to go green

Posted by yogipatch in "Featured Articles", sustainability on November 3, 2009 | 4 Comments On the surface of it, we could very easily reduce greenhouse gas emissions. It’s highly possible, and it’s simply a question of mathematics. Very simple mathematics, at that. The problem is, we’ve got too much of something producing methane emissions and other types of greenhouse gas emission. We need to do three things: Cut down on the number of organisms producing those gases, and change our way of life so that we don’t produce quite so much. The third step is to improve carbon sequestration by slowing the rate at which we destroy the planet’s rainforests. We need to...

What you focus on expands

Posted by yogipatch in "Featured Articles", The art of living on October 16, 2009 | 6 Comments One of the fundamental principles of Yoga/Qigong practice is that prana (energy, life-force, qi) follows citta (mind, intention, focus). You can experiment with this, right now, by closing your eyes (after you read the rest of this paragraph!), and then placing as much of your attention/focus into one of your hands (say, your left hand) as you can: as you inhale and exhale, think of sending waves of love or kindness or joy (or some other up-lifting quality) into your left hand. Breathe and focus in this way, on your left hand, for a minute or two, or longer … and notice what happens, notice how...

Pranayama breathing

Posted by yogipatch in "Featured Articles", holistic lifestyle on October 16, 2009 | 21 Comments Breathing is a continuous activity in the life of man. Man can live without other basic needs, but cannot stay without the presence of oxygen. Usually breathing is performed without paying any attention to it; however, attention is required to control it. Pranayam is the best form of controlling breath. When you breathe oxygen enters your lungs and stimulates all the organs in the body. This procedure indicates that you are alive. When this function stops you happen to cease. But it is very essential to breathe in the right mode because it influences every organ in the body. Therefore when we consume...