Autobiograhpy of a Yogi and Kriya Yoga

All the way up the winding staircase on the fifth floor of a brownstone townhouse in Boston, I sat in my dorm room reading about Kriya Yoga in Paramhansa Yogananda’s Autobiography of a Yogi. This book, by Paramhansa Yogananda, has been called the spark of the spiritual revolution this past century: My father had given me […]

You Can Serve the World <3 Happy New Years 2018 #Resolutions

Happy New Year and Happy 2018 from For Joy We Live (Kalamali and Yogesh Lee)! We hope you are off to a great start and that you are feeling the blessings of new beginnings and resolve to accomplish something big for yourself this year. New Years Resolutions are great for our own momentum, but they […]

Fighting the Good Fight: How We Can Be the Change

Let’s take the time to share something that we need to hear more of right now: We can make a difference and we can empower ourselves to fight the negativity and discord that is spreading. If we do not fight the good fight, who will? We must raise our energy and direct our willpower to meet […]

Yoga Tips for Protection in Challenging Times

Let’s talk about how yoga plays a vital role in protection during the challenging times we face in the world. It’s a topic that has come up often amongst friends and loved ones, especially in light of current events—how there is so much scary stuff going on in the media right now. It’s difficult, even […]

Anything

Swami Kriyananda, one of the last living direct disciples of Paramhansa Yogananda, left us with a parting gift, the gift of his last word: Anything. This is an example of the attitude of life which Swami Kriyananda lived by, and which he set as an example for all of us as truthseekers on the path. […]

The World Needs a Friend

The world needs a friend. The time is now: To rise above disharmony and fighting. To once again embrace our unity. To be kind and loving to one another. To smile truthfully. The time is now: To share light. To give it freely. To send warmth from our heart. To interact more sweetly. The time […]

Happiness Is a Choice

Though our paths widely vary, and though there seems to be countless desires amidst the vast sea of humanity, underlying them all is the one path of which all others are tributary—the goal to be happy. Paramhansa Yogananda, a great master from India, explained that the common motive behind all human actions—the common longing tying […]

Cheerful Solutions to Life’s Everyday Problems: The Practice of Yoga (International Day of Yoga)

To face life’s challenges, we must have hope. The practice of yoga on the spiritual path offers hope, for it brings the light of peace and happiness into the darkness of man’s sorrow and restlessness. The science of spirituality was developed under the practice of yoga. Etymologically, yoga means union. The union implied is the complete integration […]

Lessons Learned in the School of Life

All of life is a school. What makes something right or wrong in the school of life is simply whether it brings one closer to one’s innate divinity, and therefore the joy one seeks, or further from one’s divinity, away from the joy one seeks. Since humanity has the potential to experience joy, whatever keeps […]

How to Be a Supportive Leader

What is Leadership? Leadership is the ability to inspire and motivate others. And to lead is to direct others’ energy toward a shared or common goal. “Genuine leadership is only of one type: supportive. It leads people: It doesn’t drive them. It involves them: It doesn’t coerce them. It never loses sight of the most important […]