Journey to India

..with a warm greeting from the Santa Barbara Airbus driver, Jasprit, Sybille and Teresa left before 9 am on a sunny Friday morning. Sara joined us at LAX. Two flights and two days later, our taxi rode up to our “new” hotel. [factoid: in Delhi 80% of hotel reservations are overbooked, and a contingent of [...]

Biology and Chemistry of Breathing

Pranayam is vital to yoga practice. Considering that how we breathe is linked to our overall health, why not use this free gift to maximize our wellness? Some of the most common illnesses in modern societies (high blood pressure and related coronary problems like heart failure and stroke) are related to poor breathing habits. The [...]

Physical Trajectories of Yoga

Follow up from Action Tools for Wellness: RussaYog uses the three tools of: pranayam (mindful breathing); kriyas (mindful movements) and; asans (postures with the body in stillness) to develop our abilities to remain mindful. To further enhance these experiences we use universal mantras. The physical trajectories and sequences in RussaYog® use the concept of puran [...]

Four Levels of Effort (Karma)

Karma means effort. A pranayam sequence, an asan, a kriya, a session of yoga, making chai, giving a hug, doing dishes, walking, sitting in a plane, and being patted down by a TSA (transportation security administration) agent at the airport can all be experienced at four levels. Level One: Precise and Functional: At this stage [...]

Simple Wellness Tools

Humanities is the study of the human condition through fields such as philosophy, politics, cultural studies, music, art, etc. Humanities allow us to think about our purpose, what our passions are, what our “allergies” are, what limits us, and how to extend these limits, etc. An important part of our wellness is related to understanding [...]

What Does Yoga Mean to You?

Is perfecting yoga postures an end to itself? Is yoga also a set of tools to be used in life? Why was yoga traditionally only practiced by men? Is yoga now primarily for women?  Is authentic yoga only practiced by Brahmins? Does one have to become Hindu to practice yoga? Can you be a good Muslim and practice yoga [...]

Growing Our Wellness

In this age of science, technology, and civil society, vast arrays of opportunities are available to many of us. From new careers to new travel venues to new foods to sample to new friends from around the world—each offer choices that were unheard of a generation ago. Undoubtedly, the modern age has seen a greatly [...]

What is Obesity?

When we hear the word “obesity” it conjures up an image of a heavy person, shuffling slowly through life, unable to freely move, burdened with health problems. Obesity has become an Epidemic; and not just in the U.S. Physical obesity is driven by factors, like overeating, lack of exercise, using food as a tool to [...]

Ik OnKar Pranayam: Breath of Universality

Breathe and open mindfully, feeling your connection to everything around you. Take the first breath for your wellness; the second, wishing wellness for those you love; the third, sense your interdependence. View Teresa & Jasprit performing this pranayam on a cool winter dawn at the Pacific.

Prof Singh speaks at TedX talk!

TedX at the Nichols Arboretum October 9, 2011 Ann Arbor, Michigan Professor Jasprit Singh spoke on Sustainability… His ideas centered around how we can learn from the 400-year-old “Golden Temple Kitchen” model of Coherent Karma. A quote from The Michigan Daily’s Jeff Waraniak, Daily Arts Writer, “The second speaker, professor of physics and yogi Jasprit [...]