Dear Yoga Mentor Articles 
How to practice Hatha Yoga in the Himalayan Tradition?
21 April, 2021 @ 4:35 pm
Question: I am reaching out in regard to the Hatha sequencing and warm-up stretching I did daily while at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG). I really enjoyed the teaching and how the lessons were put together. While I do recall some of the general postures, I was wondering if someone might be able to share names of asanas that the lessons were structured around, so I can look into them in more depth, please? Any background on the yoga classes, postures, and sequencing would be greatly appreciated.
How should I practice the ashwini mudra?
19 March, 2021 @ 8:13 pm
Can you tell me the number of repetitions as far as high anyone can go and brief procedure about of Ashwini mudra? Swami Rama said that no exercise compensates this (Ashwini mudra) exercise bladder muscle get exercised sphincter muscles exercised and by this practice alone you can get control over your autonomic nervous system.
What to do with my thoughts?
15 February, 2021 @ 5:15 am
The thinking mind will always have thoughts. So peace is never a matter of trying to stop the thoughts of your mind. But thoughts are something you have; they are not who you are. You can just watch them and then gradually develop the choice not to watch them.
I can stay calm in all kinds of situations, except when I am with my mother. What shall I do?
19 January, 2021 @ 8:24 pm
Mostly, I do not get distracted or waylaid by rose petals or mud slung at me.... except when my mother does it. I need advice! The three golden circles don't work with her, either. What am i doing wrong? Why am i failing?
What shall I do with my fear and anxiety?
17 December, 2020 @ 6:43 pm
My first experience of dealing with Fear as I remember was as a young child. We lived near the rain forests in a rustic area where flushed toilets were unknown and it would have been considered impure to have them in the homes, in any case, in those days. So we had outside latrines.
Does God judge us?
14 November, 2020 @ 11:01 pm
Swami Rama wrote in The Essence of Spiritual Life "Sit down and quietly think about what you have done in your life, because in the end, during the period of transition, you will have to face yourself. What have you done that is satisfying? Have you done anything selfless – totally selfless? You go on doing your work and reaping the fruit, and then you hoard. In this way there can be no liberation."
What is the meaning of “Not till your aspiration reaches the level of desperation will it be fully realized.”?
9 October, 2020 @ 8:15 pm
The individual could not breathe. When Swami Rama let the individual breathe again, he said that only when you wanted God as badly as that individual wanted to breathe (wanting to breathe so badly that he cannot remember his own name or think of anything else) will you realize God.
How to deal with the deep historical trauma and violence of racial prejudice?
8 September, 2020 @ 4:45 pm
This practice of noticing thoughts and impulses that arise from the depths of the subconscious mind and choosing whether it is a thought or impulse worth strengthening or weakening is a good yoga practice. We strengthen that to which we pay more attention, that which we act out, that with which we identify.
Is it true that we should not practice any special mantras between midnight and 3 am and between noon and 3 pm?
15 August, 2020 @ 6:24 pm
With respect to appropriate hours for japa, one explanation of these rules is that these are the hours when the devas are resting. But by what clock? 12 midnight here is 7 AM in Europe.
How can the non-enlightened ones guide others?
18 July, 2020 @ 6:49 pm
The idea is that the un-embodied, timeless Guru can teach us in many ways, through many people, and especially through initiated teachers. If you refuse all the help that comes to you, insisting that the Guru personally appear before you, you may miss essential lessons and have a very long wait.