KarmaLove, Author at Karma Yoga Center

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Together We Will Sail Into The Mystic…

Full Moon Blessings.
I am just going to jump right in head first.
I have good news and bad news.

I am going to start with the bad news to get it out of the way. It is the splinter.
We need to move Karma to a new home. We have been asked to leave. The landlords have a vision for the building and unfortunately we can’t afford the new rent they are asking to make that vision happen. So we need to move on. They initially said we needed to be out by Dec. 1st.

I am of course heart sick. And a little stunned. Karma is our home. It has been a healing sanctuary for so many for so long and the whole vibe and energy at Karma is so so special and beautiful. The spirit of the studio is so moving, it holds a feeling of healing love. It is a sanctuary for the soul.

And its because of everyone who has ever rolled out their mat and found a part of themselves again. Every time someone has returned to themSelves while in class- or a meditation, or training, workshop, or a soundbath, or a healing session or just by walking through the doors…everyone’s individual healing- or aha moments has helped create the strong Shakti vibration that permeates the whole sweet space.

Astrology Reports

Astrology Report | Nov 5 – Dec 4, 2025 | “Sometime The Poison Is Actually The Medicine”

There is a well-established principle in both modern and ancient healing practices that sometimes a poison can serve as medicine. Anti-venom for snake bites is produced from the actual venom. The flu shot is derived from the flu virus. In biology, this concept is called hormesis, where a low-level stress, toxin, restriction, or poison actually promotes greater health, resilience, and growth. Paracelsus, the renowned Swiss physician, alchemist, and philosopher of the German Renaissance, stated that “all things are poison, and nothing is without poison; only the dose permits something not to be poisonous.” This serves as the fundamental principle of homeopathy—like cures like. A substance that causes symptoms in a healthy person can be used in diluted form to treat similar symptoms in someone who is sick.

This all seemed pertinent to this month’s astrology cycle, where there are a number of retrogrades, directs, and Taurus/Scorpio energy, which have to do with transformation, survival, health, growth, and sometimes poison. From the Soul realm, whether something is poison or medicine depends on perception of the mind and time. Time can change everything, including our perceptions. What was once the worst thing might actually become the best force for evolution and growth over time.

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Know The Power Of The Cosmos And Align To…

Namaste friends,

Geez. Full moon for sure! Lots going on these days. We came home from our yoga retreat in Spain to find our country in another government shut down.

Whenever our leadership is in disharmony it shakes the timbers of the whole establishment. As Abe Lincoln so eloquently stated a couple hundred years ago, “A house divided, can not stand”.

The ripple effect moves quickly, not just economically but also psychologically.
People get fearful and scared; they become irritable and anxious, and act from a place of scarcity and lack rather than from a place of generosity and servitude.

Our Spain retreat had a theme called “ The 8 Paths to the Heart”. We wanted to offer our attendees some inroads to their true Selves, or to their spiritual heart, called the Hridyam in Sanskrit. Our spiritual heart is different than our emotional heart or our physical heart. This “heart” is our eternal spirit that has always been and will always be long after we leave our bodies; it connects us to everything in creation, and is the divine intelligence or God-head energy that we all have. It is this “inner sun” that holds all the guidance and wisdom we need in order to access the infinite joy and bliss of our existence.

The yogis call it the “unnameable” because words can’t really describe its essence. Its energy, consciousness, and power are beyond our basic human comprehension. If we are to understand it, we must merge with it. We must trust that there is something greater than our little human ego selves moving through us, and for us. And even harder than trusting this unknown, unseen omnipotent essence, we must train our often times belligerent egos that feed on fear and doubt to be in service to our High Self

Astrology Reports

“Big Changes! As The Surface Waves Churn, Dive Deep Beneath To Learn” | Oct 6 – Nov 5, 2025 Astrology

There is a timeless lesson that we are like the ocean. The churning of the surface waves represents our mind and ego. But beneath the turbulent surface lies the calming depths of our Soul. If we identify with the waves, we may be swept around, but if we seek our true selves and dive deep beneath the surface, we will remember our eternal self as the vast ocean of spirit.
This month’s astrology is full of waves on the surface of the ocean, churning and turning with aspects and movement from the personal planets. If we stay at the surface, we may get lost. But there are deeper tones and more profound guidance coming from the Soul and the great depths of consciousness unfolding. Tune into your spiritual heart at this time and seek the guidance of your Soul, your intuition, and your inner wisdom. “As The Surface Waves Churn, Dive Deep Beneath To Learn.”

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It’s All Unfolding As It Should…

Namaste Friends,

OH this eclipse! It snuck in all subtle like and then Boom!-it knocks you sideways.
At least over here in my little world that is how it feels.

Our landlord walked into the studio in a busy moment and handed us an envelope and said “Just a little rent increase” and then walked out. The “little” rent increase is astronomically unaffordable relative to the volume of business we do.
Boom!-sideways.
What to do?
First, yoga.
Breath
Get clear
Stay calm
Listen within
Choose Love
Trust Spirit

Now let me tell you a little story about a conversation I recently had with my dad. This man is arguably one of the most interesting humans I know-and not because he is my Dad, whom I adore, but because few people have bios with as much diversity, breadth and depth as my father.

We were talking on the phone-we have these epic hour and a half conversations about once a month-and he was telling about a big project he is working on that is almost to completion-but now he has to deal with all the final details- which has presented some stressful complications.

Astrology Reports

Sep 7 – Oct 6, 2025 ~ Astrology Report

Now begins eclipse season and the reason for our mantra. The word eclipse means to “cut” or “clip.” They occur when the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth align at the mystical points in the sky called the Moon’s Nodes. For the journey of the Soul and the Collective Consciousness, these are points of evolution, transformation, and cutting away what is not serving the greater harmony, meaning the cosmic flow of Karma & Dharma.  
These portals of transformation will occur whether we are conscious of them or not, so it is best to get clear and tune into what is being called to the cutting block. Is this bad or good? Neither— it depends on our own free will choices and understanding of our karma and dharma. If we are aligned, this could be like the farmer in an abundant wheat field harvesting with a grateful heart because the time is right. Or it can be the revelation of a karmic pattern that we previously were unable to see or unwilling to acknowledge, brought to the forefront so that we can cut it out and transform it, allowing us to move forward with more harmony and grace.

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We’re Better Together…

What if we are taught to trust and rely on each other for support. And we learn how to be trustworthy and reliable ourselves. Through inter-dependence we are taught the art of conversation and sharing our feelings, and at the same time we learn to be a good listener, and how to hold space for people. We learn not to shy away from uncomfortable feelings or communication, but rather to participate in co-creating a solution for life’s inevitable difficulties. We learn that we can lean into the support of our community for guidance and assistance and that we don’t have to do everything alone. Inter-dependence could teach us that its not a sign of weakness to ask for help, but rather it is a strength and a good fortune that we can and do have a support network. And that there is great value in helping others out. The intrinsic reward is a sense of purpose. And the external reward is that people are connected.

Astrology Reports

Aug 9 – Sep 7, 2025 ~ Astrology Report

Trust. Wholeness. Coherence. Harmony.

Speaking these words calls in their essence. We feel trust when we speak and meditate on trust. We feel more whole when we visualize and embrace wholeness. We feel coherent and harmonious when we use language and ideas that support these concepts.

When we hold doubt in our minds and thoughts, it clouds our inner vision and purity of heart. Doubt is a veil that covers our innate nature of trust, faith, and love.

We are moving through cycles of great change in our inner and outer worlds. Our perceptions and desires may be shifting. Collectively, we are being magnetized toward love, connection, inter-being, and trust. Trust that these changes are rhythms and tones revealing more of the heart’s true coherence and possibilities for inter-being. Let doubt softly surrender to trust and be held. Know that so many are wanting, praying, dancing, singing, and loving for these healing and revealing times. Hold each other up and trust. Many energies this moon cycle support and illuminate the “call to cancel your doubt and trust.”

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Dog Days Of Summer

From the time we are born, our consciousness is being shaped by external forces.Our parents tell us what is right and wrong, our religions, our social systems, our governments all set the rules of how to live in this life experience. These handed down beliefs become quickly ingrained and we don’t even think to check in with our own divine consciousness to discern if the teachings are truth. Hence, we adopt the mainstream narrative of what is right or wrong because it is all we have been told. These external authorities begin to override the divine intelligence of our spiritual heart. Often we aren’t even taught that we have a divine intelligence that is connected to everything in creation. That we have a wellspring of cosmic knowledge dwelling right in our hridyam heart.

Astrology Reports

July 10 -Aug 11, 2025 ~ Astrology Report

The sage Ramana Maharishi taught that the path to Self-realization is through the Spiritual Heart. All other manifestations we encounter along the journey are merely illusions born of ego and mind. When distracted, our minds constantly seek outside the Self, becoming lost in maya. But when turned inward toward the cave of the heart—toward Brahman—we begin to realize our true Self. The wisdom lies in its simplicity: we are asked to “drop the mind into the heart.”

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