The Yogis Say

The Yogis Say The Yogis Say is a blog about yoga philosophy and applying yogic principles in daily life. People from all faiths and backgrounds are welcomed at Ananda.

The Yogis Say is a blog about yoga philosophy and applying yogic principles to daily life. Radhika Cosley, the author of the blog, is a member of Ananda Sangha Worldwide and a disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, author of Autobiography of a Yogi. Ananda Sangha is a global spiritual movement based on the teachings of Paramhansa Yogananda, and was founded in 1968 by Yogananda’s direct disciple, Swami

Kriyananda. Yogananda’s teachings embrace the truths that underlie all the great religions. Radhika lives at Ananada Village, an intentional spiritual community in northern California, which is the headquarters for Ananda Sangha. May you find happiness.

01/14/2016

The story of the deathless saint who revived the ancient science of Kriya Yoga and helps to guide the spiritual evolution of the world — as told in Paramhansa Yogananda’s famous book, Autobiography of a Yogi.

08/29/2015

Through this blog, The Yogis Say, I like to take the highest spiritual teachings and deliver them in a way that is easy to understand and use in daily life. Sometimes, though, there’s just no substitute for a real pro. Swami Kriyananda, the founder of Ananda, was the direct disciple of Paramhansa Yo…

08/23/2015

Intuition is the innate ability in everyone to perceive truth directly — not by logic, but by a simple knowing from within. To do this, we must go into a superconscious state of calm feeling (see The 3 Levels of Consciousness for more info.). When we are in the superconscious state, we can effortles…

08/21/2015

Over the past several months I’ve been taking voice lessons with a man named Ramesha, previously part of a singing group at Ananda Los Angeles and now co-leader of the music ministry at Ananda Village. He also gives voice lessons on Skype. Over the months I have taken lessons with him, there have be…

08/19/2015

This Self is not born, nor does it perish. Self-existent, it continues its existence forever. It is birthless, eternal, changeless, and ever the same. The Self is not slain when the body dies. —The Bhagavad Gita (2:20) The Bhagavad Gita (the song of God) is an ancient Hindu scripture excerpted from…

08/17/2015

My friend Carolina and I would often visit a nearby Hare Krishna temple on Sunday evenings during my sophomore year of college. Vanamali Devi, from Rishikesh, India, has written books of stories about Indian gods including Krishna, Rama, and Shiva. My husband Nabha and I visiting the Vatican. Swami…

08/17/2015

Every human being is capable of three different levels of consciousness or awareness. These are the subconscious, conscious, and superconscious. The subconscious level is the lowest, the state at which animals generally think. The next is the conscious, where we use our analytical minds. The highest…

08/15/2015

Dear Gianfranco, Swami Kriyananda wrote a wonderful book called Affirmations for Self Healing . He has an affirmation for courage: “I live protected by God’s infinite light. So long as I remain in the heart of it, nothing and no one can harm me.” Also an affirmation for calmness: “Though the winds o…

08/13/2015

O Krishna, Lord of Hindustan, I sorrowed by the lonely Jumna river bank, where Thy flute-notes thrilled the air and led the lost calves to their homes. O Lotus of Love, musing on the sad absence of Thy delusion-dispelling eyes, I saw Thine invisible Spirit take form

08/11/2015

A diagram of the yugas cycle. The dates are for the cycle we are currently in. What Are the Yugas? In the West people often view time as linear, with the future being more evolved than the past. In India, however, time is viewed a cyclical, that people slowly evolve, then slowly devolve, only to …

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