The Yoga Hour

Living Seva: Yoga in the World

The spiritual practice of yoga takes us out of the world to discover our essential Self and then brings us back into the world to serve the One in all. In this episode, discover the keys to Seva, or selfless service. Explore how to work with full integrity, free from the taint of attachment to results, with Rev. O’Brian and special guests Nipun Mehta, founder of Charity Focus, and Sriram Shamasunder, M.D.

The Great East-West Transmission: Yoga and American Life

Join Rev. O’Brian and special guest Phil Goldberg, author of the new release American Veda: From Emerson and the Beatles to Yoga and Meditation—How Indian Spirituality Changed the West, as they explore the important changes in culture and spirituality that have been fostered by the influence of yoga on the West.

Come Home to Harmony: Vastu Principles for a Truly Tranquil Home Environment

The ancient Vedic tradition of Vastu offers spiritual insights and practical methods for creating beautiful, peaceful living spaces that nourish the soul life. Today Vastu sacred space design consultant Dr. Sherri Silverman joins Rev. O’Brian for an engaging conversation on the practical importance of beauty and how we can enhance our environment through awareness of the five elements. Sherri is also an artist and writer, studied with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, taught meditation and yoga for more than 30 years, and now works with Vastu clients nationally and internationally through her consulting business, Transcendence Design. (www.transcendencedesign.com)

Heaven in a Wild Flower: How God Pervades the World

Underlying yoga’s systematic way of divine remembrance is a vast cosmology. Join Rev. O’Brian and special guest Rev. Ron Lindahn for a fascinating look into the heart of the cosmic manifestation process and what it can tell us about spiritually conscious living every day. Since 1975 Ron has been writing, lecturing and offering seminars on creative living, meditation and Kriya Yoga, and today serves on the staff at the Center for Spiritual Awareness headquarters in Northeast Georgia.

Love: Yoga, Mysticism and Poetry

Mystics of all traditions have long used poetry to speak of that which cannot be put into words, pointing us to the direct experience of the One in our midst. Today’s Yoga Hour welcomes Parthenia M. Hicks for a captivating program of poetry, mystical inspiration and insight. Parthenia M. Hicks is an award-winning poet, freelance writer and editor who has been published in a variety of literary journals and was recently selected as the first Poet Laureate of the town of Los Gatos, California.

Actualize Your Full Potential: The Place Where Yoga and Ayurveda Meet

Learn how the traditions of Yoga and Ayurveda work together for optimum health, spiritual knowledge and ultimate freedom. Ayurveda’s practical focus on healthy living shares the same philosophical underpinnings as Yoga’s system for spiritual realization.

Spiritual Economics: Where Sustainability Meets Prosperity

The Yoga Hour’s special guest today, Dr. Ram Nidumolu, CEO of InnovaStrat, a consulting company providing sustainability and business strategy services, will join Rev. O'Brian in a revolutionary conversation about the source of abundance and innovation.

Meditation and Your Brain

Ancient scriptures of yoga and the testimonies of self-realized masters describe higher states of consciousness and enhanced functionality that the new field of scientific study called Neurotheology is now able to examine, explain and quantify. Join Rev. O'Brian and A. Martin Wuttke, founder and director of Neurotherapy Centers International, for the latest scientific insights into the benefits of meditation practice for health, overall well-being and spiritual development.

Cultivate a Peaceful Mind and a Good Heart

Today we will take a look at the spiritual “technology of the heart” to meet the most pressing need of our time: peace.

Spiritual Friends: Yoga and New Thought With Rev. Dr. Mary Tumpkin

Today two contemporary teachers, New Thought’s Rev. Dr. Mary Tumpkin and Kriya Yoga’s Rev. Ellen Grace O'Brian, share the powerful influence of spiritual friendship between the mystics from the East and West, and will talk about synergy and spirit.