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Sadhana – our daily practice. Bhakti diary.

Sadhana literally translates to “a means to accomplish something”, but in practice it refers to, well, practice.  The allusion is to spiritual path, but the application is firmly grounded in time, in food, in daily habits and schedules.  Sadhana is discipline, and has various formulations in Hindu, Sikh, and Buddhist traditions.  In yoga, the word …

February 25, 2011 – 5:01 pm | By Karin L Burke | Posted in The Bhakti Diaries | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Practice of the Real, Bhakti diary

Yoga is a way for me to practice, and find, honesty.  There are platitudes and quotes abundant suggesting that who we are comes down to what we do.  Our ‘destiny’ is written out in our daily habits.  Our thoughts determine our reality.  Our actions speak louder than words.  Perhaps they’re so popular because they are …

February 21, 2011 – 11:50 am | By Karin L Burke | Posted in The Bhakti Diaries | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Embodied. A brief theology of movement – Bhakti diary

The yogic literature is rich with metaphor, poetry, and dancing.  Even in our classes, with teachers speaking from the hip, the words they use connote emotions and values, wedding those things to the movements of the body.  There are rhythms in our body, pulse and breath; there are rhythms in the universe, subatomic, tidal, diurnal; …

February 8, 2011 – 12:00 am | By Karin L Burke | Posted in The Bhakti Diaries | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Imperfect, Bhakti diary feb 6

Today I am startled by the trees.  Gnarled, horned scrub oaks walking across a prairie like an army of aged gnomes.  Separate, but together. It is their apartness, their bent and knuckled limbs, that makes them beautiful.  That makes them tree. We make the mistake of trying to be our expectations, or to be a …

February 6, 2011 – 10:34 am | By Karin L Burke | Posted in The Bhakti Diaries | Tagged , , | Comments (0)