Hridaya Yoga France Blog

General Recommendations for Yoga Practice 1. Introduction The practice of Hatha Yoga is a profound undertaking that guides you to...

With this new phase of the coronavirus pandemic unfolding and the tightening of restrictions here in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of...

An introduction to Patanjali's Eightfold Path of Yoga; brief commentaries on Yamas and Niyamas, with our dear teacher's insights and experiences.

Dear Friends of the Heart, In light of the current situation regarding the coronavirus, which is presently unfolding in Europe...

By Natasha Friedman The Yearning of Spiritual Aspiration A student goes to his teacher in ancient India. He asks, “When will...

By Tasha Friedman Few concepts in spirituality are so profoundly simple and dazzlingly complicated at the same time as Karma...

By Tasha Friedman There’s a special kind of paranoia that the Tibetan Buddhist tradition says you should cultivate: a sneaking...

By Tasha Friedman During Hridaya Yoga Modules, we offer our students an opportunity to participate in a sacred transfiguration ritual,...

By Tasha Friedman Snow days aren’t only fun for kids! When the land outside becomes a frosty winter wonderland, we...

The most well-known treatise about worshipping the yoni is, without doubt, Yoni Tantra. As is the case in many other...

Worship of the Shiva Lingam “Shaivism is intimately connected with the Shiva lingam. This is a beautiful symbol that in...

By Kali Aney, reposted with gratitude from kalianey.com “I wish I could show you, When you are lonely or in...

The origin of the term spanda (“tremor” or “vibration”) is found in the spiritual tradition of the Kashmir Shaivism. Spanda is...

By Beata Kucienska “Oh, night that guided me, Oh, night more lovely than the dawn, Oh, night that joined Beloved...

By Niamh Kavanagh “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and right doing, there is a field. I will meet you there.”...