by Nischala Joy Devi. July 3, 2013. Each evening after a very stressful day working at a medical clinic, I joined hundreds of other people in making the pilgrimage to watch the sunset at the ocean. We would leave our cars and worries in the parking lot and jog to a...
by Nischala Joy Devi.June 11, 2013. A great and mighty queen once granted an audience to a man who immediately began to ridicule the queen's way of governing the country. After a polite amount of time, she began to speak, interrupting his rant. "How would you react,"...
by Nischala Joy Devi. June 5, 2013. Taking a deep breath is like combing the energy all around us. When we first awaken in the morning and go to the mirror, our hair may be sticking out in all directions. We all learned early in life to take a comb or brush and smooth...
by Nischala Joy Devi.May 28, 2013. We often hear the phrase "You can heal yourself." But, what happens when the person tries everything but doesn't get well? Then she or he feels guilty, feels a failure in some way. Another common statement is that we cause our own...
by Nischala Joy Devi. May 22, 2013. As the universal energy flows into our physical, emotional and intellectual bodies, it divides into the three gunas. Guna is a Sanskrit word that means attributes of nature. Each chakra has these three attributes of nature within...
by Nischala Joy Devi.May 15, 2013. Our words and verbal expressions are powerful imagery. Affirmations have become a well-known way to inspire us to positive imagery. There is an ancient yogic technique called Pratipaksha Bhavana that simply means, "to cultivate the...
by Nischala Joy Devi. April 30, 2013. When you experience something like a wedding or take another uplifting, joyous, major step in your life it brings your awareness into the higher chakras. When you experience something that's focused on a higher chakra, when you're...
by Nischala Joy Devi.April 16, 2013. The word "compassion" is such a beautiful word; soft and gentle, it is comprised of two parts: com, meaning "with," and passion, meaning "any intense emotion, either pleasurable or painful." Many times it is difficult to know...
by Nischala Joy Devi. April 9, 2013. I was talking with a friend about the thought waves in her mind, explaining that all these little waves do not allow clear reflection; so whatever we see becomes distorted. She chuckled and said, "Come with me." We drove to the...
by Nischala Joy Devi.April 2, 2013. Our own breath provides a beautiful meditation. When we observe the breath, we begin to join the outer world with the inner world. As the waves gently come onto the earth and return to the sea, so our breath enters the body and then...