Om Tara Yoga Studio

Happy October!! 🎃

Let’s embark on a journey together! I’d like to share the teachings of the Buddha, most notably, the 4 Noble Truths & the 8 Fold Path. Here we go! It’s All Yoga with Jacqui is available on Apple, Spotify & all podcast platforms. May You Be Happy 🙏

I met Green Tara on September 25th, 2006. In this episode of It’s All Yoga with Jacqui, I share my journey into Buddhism and my “accidental” kundalini awakening. I’m happy I didn’t choose to go Fall boot shopping that day! Available on Apple, Spotify & all podcast platforms. May You Be Happy

St. Teresa of Avila was a prominent 16th century Spanish mystic, Carmelita nun and author of spiritual writings & poetry. In this episode I share the introduction to Mirabai Starr’s modern translation of St. Teresa’s book on the journey to union with the divine which she described as a mystical vision of a crystal castle with 7 chambers that represented different stages of spiritual awakening. I share this introduction as a meditation, I hope you enjoy it. Painting by Peter Paul Rubens. May You Be Happy

I love the story of Buddha inviting Mara, the Demon God, to tea. Mara represents lust, greed, anger, doubt, etc. When Mara would visit the Buddha to tempt him the Buddha would pour two cups of tea and sit with him and say “I see you Mara”. In this episode of It’s All Yoga with Jacqui we look at how separation occurs between self & other when we deny these emotions within ourselves. Pour some tea and have a listen. Available on Apple Spotify and all podcast platforms. May You Be Happy

Forgiveness, resentment, bitterness go together. If we hold on to the pain in a way that makes us unable to forgive, we shackle our own hearts. Bitterness blocks us from the awe and wonder of our own lives. What if we were to Let It Be? Not let it go, but release the pain through forgiveness and see what the event is there to teach us. It’s All Yoga with Jacqui on Apple, Spotify and all podcast platforms. May You Be Happy 🙏

We all want the same thing, to be happy. In sutra 1.33 Patanjali shares the 4 locks & the 4 keys to realizing peace within. It’s All Yoga with Jacqui! May You Be Happy 🙏

“To sleep, perchance to dream” in this episode of It’s All Yoga with Jacqui, we take a look at sutras 1.33 & 1.38. We are afforded the opportunity through the recall of our dreams to begin to cultivate a sense of equanimity & ease. But what about the residue our dreams leave on our bodies when we awake? And what about those that are unable to recall their dreams? Available on Apple, Spotify & all podcast platforms. May You Be Happy 🙏

In this week’s episode of It’s All Yoga with Jacqui I share my favorite text from the Upanishads. This teaching guides us to a greater understanding that we are both the Higher Self and the self that is manifested in human form. May You Be Happy 🙏

It’s an 80s pic (that hair! the nails!) to go along with an 80s song introducing this weeks episode of It’s All Yoga with Jacqui! To complete our discussion on The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz we take a look at number 4 Always Do your Best! Available on all podcast listening platforms. May You Be Happy🙏

Happy Solstice! We have been diving into The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz. This week on It’s All Yoga with Jacqui we discuss the third agreement - don’t make assumptions- we all know what happens when we assume… listen on all podcast platforms. May You Be Happy 🙏🌞

Women Who Run With the Wolves! In this week’s episode of It’s All Yoga With Jacqui I share an excerpt from this wonderful book by Clarissa Pinkola Estes. I am joined in this photo by two amazing Irish Wolfhounds that escorted me on an early morning hike through the forests of Ireland. May You Be Happy 🙏