During the autumn retreats here in Portugal, I gave multiple lectures and workshops on the relationship between yoga, meditation, desire and sexual energy. And telling by the response, these were some of my most well received workshops, ever. The subject of sexual energy is one that catches attention and curiosity quickly. As indeed, it is a fascinating subject. A powerful subject. A sacred subject. A necessary and vital subject, when discussing yoga. The Hatha Yoga literatur

People in pain, and emotional immaturity, are everywhere. Now when people become more spiritually oriented, they often become internally...

Out of my decade of studying and practicing meditation intensively in a wide variety of traditions with many different teachers, one of...

I sometimes refer to myself as a recovering smiler, as I used to smile a lot in moments when it was inauthentic for me to smile. It was a symptom of something deeper; it was part of an unconscious ‘nice guy’ persona that I was upholding. I was already for years on my journey of shadow work before I found out I was doing this and that it was inauthentic; a mask. Most of the time, I wasn’t smiling to give love, or because I felt like smiling. I was putting on a smile to be like

One of the most consistent exercises I give to my private clients, especially when summer begins to end and autumn begins to arrive, is...

Every concept is false. Or at best, more or less accurate in representing truth. - The moment we start to speak about ‘my ideology’ or...

The ancient teachings of Hatha Yoga and Tantra explain (quite brilliantly) a deep connection between mind and body, consciousness and energy through a variety of models and understandings. Today I like to introduce you to the model of three main psychic/somatic knots - 'granthi's' in Sanskrit - that are described in the teachings. Knots in the energy-channels of the body and mind where life force is blocked, like a kink in a waterhose. Knowledge of these blockages will help y

Next time you meditate, try this simple instruction to have a swift glimpse of no-mind. - Sit comfortably, straighten the spine. Completely relax the shoulders, face, and belly. Keep the eyes motionless, gazing into the black behind your eyelids. Take three to five full in- and exhales to oxygenate. Then go slow on the last exhale, and hold the breath with empty or half-empty lungs for about 10-30 seconds. Here comes the most important instruction:

In this suspension of brea

About fully trusting the pull from your heart and surrendering to the flow of life. As soon as we open up spiritually, to some kind of greater intelligence, even if it's just a tiny spark inside that has begun to consider that this universe is not merely coincidental, we must investigate what the implications would be of fully recognizing and acknowledging a greater intelligence. Try to not remain stuck somewhere in between. Where you are kind of acknowledging the miracle

The best way to do anything, is by learning to do nothing. Of course, to the rational mind, that does not make any sense. A common thing people say and think is 'w ho the hell is going to change the world by sitting in samadhi on a meditation cushion?' ' How will I end wars by watching the birds on my porch?' Yet the people that do take time to go slow and meditate, know that by doing so, absolute miracles happen, and things inside and outside completely transform and shift.