PinnedChad J WoodfordWhat Is Kundalini?“Kundalini” has become a buzzword in many of the innumerable spiritual communities that span the globe these days. It has within it all…Nov 15, 2020Nov 15, 2020
Chad J WoodfordListening To Music As Spiritual PracticeWhen the Creator fashioned the human body, the human soul refused to enter because it didn’t want to take on the body’s limitations. The…Jul 6, 2023Jul 6, 2023
Chad J WoodfordMeditation Is More Essential Than Ever As We Enter This New AgeThe new year is always a great time for turning inward, reflecting, and setting intentions. But we should avoid the trap of thinking that…Jan 18, 2021Jan 18, 2021
Chad J WoodfordMoving Toward Wholeness through Yoga & Plant MedicineThe state of yoga may be attained through dharmic birth, the use of sacred plants, mantra, tapaha, or samadhi. — Patanjali, The Yoga…Dec 26, 2020Dec 26, 2020
Chad J WoodfordThe Liberating Power of DisappointmentYou can only influence the world positively when you are free of the world. When you are not free of the world you secretly hate it…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Chad J WoodfordFluctuation Happens: The Yoga of Doubt“Yoga is bullshit.” I realized not long ago that some part of me felt that way. I wasn’t consciously thinking that of course. But I had…Mar 10, 2020Mar 10, 2020
Chad J WoodfordJñāna Yoga: Refining the IntellectI will be offering a monthly satsang starting Sunday. (Check my schedule for dates and locations. More on that below.) For those who don’t…Dec 3, 20191Dec 3, 20191
Chad J WoodfordElemental Yoga: CelebrationIn the yoga traditions through which I’ve traveled, the lineages from which I draw out the teachings that resonate most, there are two…Nov 27, 2019Nov 27, 2019
Chad J WoodfordElemental Yoga: The Space ElementS P A C E. Akasha. The fifth element. The power of the word, and the power of silence. The transmutation of ignorance into pure awareness…Nov 25, 2019Nov 25, 2019
Chad J WoodfordElemental Yoga: The Air ElementA I R 🌬 Vibration. Mantra. The unstruck sound. Anahata. The heart-mind. Bhakti and jñāna yoga. Spiritual community and the study of the…Nov 23, 2019Nov 23, 2019