Swami Chetanananda is author of Dynamic Stillness, and The Breath of God.  Here he points out that contemporary westerners often mistakenly believe that tantric yoga is essentially a sexual practice.  Actually, tantra need not involve any sexual activities.  The essence of tantra is a focus on life energy or “kundalini” associated with the nervous system, [...]

The problems of society result less from an intrinsic “evil” in human nature than from our failure to stop repeating behavior patterns from the past. Change, says Virginia Satir, begins with learning to accept and understand the many parts of oneself. Ms. Satir, is one of the most influential psychologists of the twentieth century, was [...]