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Interview: Anneke Lucas - Liberation Prison Yoga

August, 2015 by Vikram Zutshi

Sutra Journal Editor Vikram Zutshi interviewed Anneke Lucas on her compelling life story and powerful work at Liberation Prison yoga. What followed was heart rending, uplifting and humbling. Without much further ado, here is their conversation ... read more

HER Farm: Fighting Domestic Abuse in Nepal

November, 2015 by Sutra Journal

Her Farm started out as a home for women and their children, who needed a safe-haven to escape domestic abuse. It was Sunita’s idea and based on her own life experience. Her parents were hoping for a son, but got a daughter, which isn’t a joyous occasion in Nepal. A daughter represents a future dowry to pay, and a daughter cannot perform burial rites under Hindu law, to ensure proper passage of parents from this life. read more

Yoga in Palestine

December, 2015 by Meera Grace Hoon

Many teachers and students who are practicing Muslims and Christians have said that yoga has helped them connect with or deepens their own spirituality. For example, in various trainings and workshops, women and men have spoken about the similarity between the bowing and kneeling in Muslim prayers and the yoga postures, and found themselves more flexible for the five-times daily prayers. Many have said that they benefit from the focus and stillness of the meditative aspect of yoga, bringing.. read more

Priya's Shakti: Addressing Gender Imbalance through Religious Art

November, 2015 by Sutra Journal

I think the most important thing we want to emphasize with the comic book is that change is possible. Trying to create a cultural shift is incredibly difficult, but not impossible. India is going through some remarkable and monumental changes in a short period of time. People’s views have not caught up with the speed in which things are changing in India. But, what was clear to me from the massive protests that happened all over India after the horrible rape on the bus is that we... read more

How Ravi Shankar Made Musical History

January, 2016 by Philip Goldberg

Many listeners felt that vibrational shift, and the euphoria it generated triggered a widespread exploration of India's spiritual treasures. For that reason, Ravi Shankar should be remembered as much for his contribution to contemporary spirituality as for his extraordinary virtuosity, his prolific output as a composer of concert and film music and his role in promoting his country’s musical heritage and world music in general. read more

A Conversation with Dr. Richard Miller

October, 2015 by Vikram Zutshi

Yoga Nidra is an ancient and comprehensive approach to meditative self-inquiry, awakening, and enlightenment that leads to the fundamental realization of our essential nondual nature that we share in common with all of life. The aim of this practice is to enable us to realize, or awaken to the Mystery that all life - sentient and insentient - arises from and into which it dissolves and remains not-separate. read more

My Journey Making SOLD - In service of a bigger plan…

October, 2015 by Jane Charles

When I received a call from my friend, Director Jeffrey Brown, in early 2007, telling me that he had just read a book that he thought I should read, I had no idea that we would embark on an 8 year + journey together. That book was SOLD, the award-winning novel by Patricia McCormick and we’re about to release the feature film based on the novel in March of 2016. read more

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