Reflections on the 5 Kleshas – Roots of Pain and Suffering

Reflections on the 5 Kleshas – Roots of Pain and Suffering

By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes  It is February 2nd and we have made it halfway through the winter! February 1st-2nd is celebrated as a Celtic holiday called Imbolc that marks the peak of winter and the halfway point between the winter solstice in December and the spring...
Get in Touch with the Subtle Body

Get in Touch with the Subtle Body

What is subtle energy?             It is your energetic anatomy. The body’s internal systems, skeletal, muscular, endocrine, digestive, and nervous system, etc., all have their own energetic anatomy. Externally, the body has different bio fields. These fields are the...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, Mar. 29 – Apr. 5

Vedic Astrology Forecast, Mar. 29 – Apr. 5

Saturn aspects Venus, Mar. 30             Venus is beauty and comfort. When Venus goes to work, as seen in its masculine sign Libra, you find a shopkeeper or a salesperson in the busy downtown scene of a city. These people deal in abstract values, such as fashion,...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, 3/8–3/15

Vedic Astrology Forecast, 3/8–3/15

Maha Siva Ratri, Thursday, Mar. 11             Maha Siva Ratri is a festival dedicated to the Lord Shiva, the cosmic creator and destroyer. Common practice is to stay up the whole night chanting mantras for Shiva, and offering fresh seasonal foods to Shiva. A Shiva...
How to Meditate

How to Meditate

There are many ways to meditate. Practices from all around the world offer us ways to meditate while walking, sitting, laying, standing, cooking—the list could go on—because meditation is available to us while we’re doing basically anything, all the time. The trick to...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, Mar 1–Mar 8

Vedic Astrology Forecast, Mar 1–Mar 8

Thursday, March 4 Find Your Pace, Honor it The Moon moves into early Scorpio, it’s low point in the sky where it becomes debilitated. Today’s motion will also bring the Moon into an exact opposition aspect with Mars, and opposition is the most powerful drishti or...