John Watkins

Put on a Pot of Tea

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As I hear more and more people in the Anusara community saying things like, “It was a time of frantic phone calls and emails, disturbing revelations, and extreme pressure…. There was no time to contemplate, or sit with, or meditate on, or give space to, this situation…” and, ”every day that passes is critically important,” and, [...]

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Leadership in Times of Great Need

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Om namah shivayah gurave: I open and bow to the infinite power and wisdom of this community Sat chit ananda murtaye: That embodies in its membership the ultimate being, truth, knowledge, and bliss of divine Consciousness Nishprapanchaya shantaya: Always present in the kula’s diverse and widely distributed manifestations, and full of peace Niralambaya tejase: A [...]

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Heart-Centered Themes and the Evolution of My Practice

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Seven years ago, I came to the practice of Anusara Yoga on the advice of a friend, Nancy Kyes, who is herself an Anusara teacher.   I came to heal a shoulder.  What I have discovered, in the course of those seven years, and in the healing of that shoulder, is as surprising as it was [...]

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