Jivani L Drago-Bauer, Certified Yoga Therapist

09/13/2026

07/26/2026

Primordial Stuff

“Spirituality is the awareness of the oneness that underlies duality and difference, as each outward action reveals the interconnected presence of the holy. It is neither partial nor selective, filling each and all. A person may be more or less conscious of the sacred in every day; she or he may even deny or reject it. But spirituality is the primordial stuff of existence and therefore is always present....

“Spirituality is the awareness of the oneness that underlies duality and difference, as each outward action reveals the interconnected presence of the holy. It is neither partial nor selective, fil…

07/24/2026

"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will also be in our troubled world."
-- Etty Hillesum

07/22/2026

Indeed!

06/27/2026

Living in the Kingdom of God

I feel deeply captivated by the similarities between Advaita Vedanta (in the Hindu tradition) and mystical Christianity - basically the teachings of non-dualism in these two great religious traditions (which also exist in other religions and spiritualities). For example, Yoga means union with Divinity. The practices and ultimate goal of both Yoga and Christianity is union with God. This morning as I was praying the Office of Readings in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours for today, I encountered a beautiful reading from a homily by St....

I feel deeply captivated by the similarities between Advaita Vedanta (in the Hindu tradition) and mystical Christianity – basically the teachings of non-dualism in these two great religious t…

05/09/2026

What’s the Point?

Looking through old journals today, I came across this entry from May 17, 2011: There is no point to life other than to achieve union with God -- which requires many lifetimes to free ourselves from the delusions of this world. We don't remember our past lives because, for the most part, we make the same mistakes over and over again in each life just as we tend to repeat mistakes in this life....

Looking through old journals today, I came across this entry from May 17, 2011: There is no point to life other than to achieve union with God — which requires many lifetimes to free ourselve…

03/22/2026

Christ Consciousness

I love Richard Rohr's explanation of the Universal Christ. "No one comes to the Father except through Christ" (not the mere person of Jesus). The Christ is the universal unitive consciousness that is available to everyone. Some people have realized this universal consciousness, but most people have not. Many people who have realized it do not identify as Christians. And they are saved. Photo by Atlantic Ambience on Pexels.com

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I love Richard Rohr’s explanation of the Universal Christ. “No one comes to the Father except through Christ” (not the mere person of Jesus). The Christ is the universal unitive c…