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The Yoga of Ecology: A Day In The Life of the Green Wheeling Initiative

Posted on August 7, 2013August 6, 2013 by Christopher Fici

In my previous “Yoga of Ecology” post, I shared the truly brilliant and compassionate work of the Green Wheeling Initiative (GWI), a grassroots ground-up local food movement in Wheeling, W... Read More

To The Ashes, To The Soil, I Gladly Return

Posted on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 by Christopher Fici

This “lapsed Catholic”/retired Hindu monk/bhakti-yogi/radical seminarian gladly received ashes on his forehead at the culmination of our annual Ash Wednesday retreat at Union Theological S... Read More

The Spiritually Urgent Response To Our Ecological Crisis

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Christopher Fici

Continuing my series on being “A Yogi at Union” with an exploration on the need for an urgent and compassionate call from the spiritual/theological tradition concerning our existential ec... Read More

Can a Hare Krishna Have A “Social Gospel?”

Posted on November 1, 2012 by Christopher Fici

Continuing my series on being “A Yogi at Union,” I humbly try to explore how my tradition of bhakti-yoga, or the “Hare Krishna” tradition, acknowledges the struggle for justice... Read More