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I often encounter visitors asking me about Karma Yoga — the yoga of selfless action — and what it feels like to live it rather than simply practice it. This is my experience. In the beginning of my time in Divinya, I did not perceive Karma Yoga in the community as what I understood later, ‘a way of life’. It started as part of the daily rhythm — a time when I would step out of my personal plans and do something for the common good. A defined time to serve, to contribute, to a

How can I achieve complete freedom and peace? This existential question and this longing that has driven spiritual seekers throughout the ages brought me to discover the path of Yoga. My journey with yoga began with the idea of finding the ‘best’ yoga practice. Nowadays, there are so many different approaches to yoga out there, and I tried many different ‘styles’, philosophies, and teachers with the hope of coming to a greater understanding and mastery of this path. I thought

If someone had asked me about community living two years ago, I would have said “I’ll never live in a community. And I will probably...

I have been engaged in the construction project from the beginning to the end and I can say that I have learned so much more about...

If you want to change the world, change the way you look at the world. I always thought I would change the world by fighting for change, by fighting against the ones in power who had a certain belief system. I did not realize that fighting for change meant that I was letting the same energy flow through me, the energy of wanting to become the one in power according to my own belief system. Seeing others as wrong and thinking I could do it better kept me in this negative energ