Air Element: Use Your Open-Hearted Healing Power by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian As we notice what air element makes possible, we begin to see how it supports healing and what it can teach us about openness and clarity. …

Fire Element: Live with Clarity and Determination by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian The fire element is associated with our ability to see — both through the physical light that illumines things around us and the spiritual light of consciousness that removes the darkness of ignorance. …

Powerful Benefits of Silence by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian Those who practice meditation soon learn that silence is much greater than not speaking words or even the absence of sound. What is silence, then? From the spiritual perspective, silence is empty of words, sound, or image but full of presence. Silence emanates from and…

The Supreme Good is Like Water by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian Water purifies, heals, and transforms. Our thirst naturally draws us to its life-supporting power and our soul is soothed by its energy as rain, mist, ocean waves, or river songs. In nature, water flows to low places, gathers its power, and nurtures life. As a…

Discipleship in the Kriya Yoga Tradition by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian Today, we can find almost everything on the internet, including Kriya Yoga teachings and meditation practices. …

A Dharmic Life of Higher Purpose by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian To live with a higher purpose requires the continual practice of discriminative wisdom. We naturally yearn to live in the highest way, meet life’s challenges and grow stronger through them, find unshakable inner peace and enduring happiness, and make a positive contribution to life. …

Yoga, Consciousness and Climate Change by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian Walking is a life- and sanity-saving daily practice that has supported my overall well-being during these times of challenge. I walk somewhere in nature every day if I can. …

Five Elements as Five Auspicious Healing Shrines by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian I am the wetness of water, the radiance of the moon and the sun, the sound in the air, and the sweet fragrance of earth. I am the brilliance in fire and the life in all beings. — Bhagavad Gita There is a light that…

The Auspicious Shrine of the Earth Element by Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian Begin your healing journey of soul renewal by entering the auspicious shrine of the earth element. Be present to earth’s teachings and discover the transforming mystery of stability and yielding. WATCH VIDEO Subscribe on YouTube MESSAGE FROM YOGACHARYA What Does Earth Element Mean? The five elements of nature — earth element, water element, fire…