Tag: yoga
The Yoga of Ecology: A Day In The Life of the Green Wheeling Initiative
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
The Yoga of Ecology: The Green Wheeling Initiative
My hands in the soil eco-theology transcending my nature-deficit-disorder Farm Yatra summer tour continues as I return to a place I called home for two very formative years in my life: the New Vrindab... Read More
The Yoga of Ecology: More From Bluestone Farm
One of the most amazing things that I heard about at our student orientation at Union Theological Seminary last fall was the existence of the “nun farm.” Claire West, a Masters of Divinity... Read More
To The Ashes, To The Soil, I Gladly Return
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
Can a Hare Krishna Have A “Social Gospel?”
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
Crude Karma
Karma is a flexible word, yogic in its ability to twist into different meanings. People use it when something dramatic happens, to indicate luck, fate, destiny, justice, punishment or reward. None of ... Read More
Role of the Rabbi in Climate Change
The role of the spiritual leader in the age of climate change: Re-imagining how to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations. This is the title of the seven d... Read More
A Fatwa Against Yoga: Mitigating Conflict in the Face of Increasing Fundamentalism in Indonesia
This article focuses on efforts at mitigating conflict that arose between the Indonesian Council of Muslim Scholar (MUI) and the Bali-India Foundation (BIF) in the wake of the former’s issuance of... Read More