Category: Yoga and Spirituality


15 Styles of Distorted Thinking

Posted on 6th April, by Michael Baker in Quieting the mind. No Comments

Filtering: You take the negative details and magnify them while filtering out all positive aspects of a situation.

Polarized Thinking: Things are black or white, good or bad. You have to be perfect or you’re a failure. There is no middle ground.

Overgeneralization: You come to a general conclusion based on a single incident or piece of evidence. If something bad happens once you expect it to happen over and over again.

Mind Reading: Without their saying so, you know what people are feeling and why they act the way they do. In particular, you are able to divine how people are feeling toward you.

Castastrophizing: You expect disaster. you notice or hear about a problem and start “what if’s”. What if tragedy strikes? What if it happens to you?”

Personalization: Thinking that everything people do or say is some kind of reaction to you. …


Yogic Diet Meal #1 (Michael’s Magical Kichidi Recipe)

Posted on 23rd December, by Michael Baker in Food as Medicine, Yoga and Spirituality. Comments Off

For cleansing and an all around solid source of complete plant protein:

This recipe is a loose way to make a great tasting, very healthy, inexpensive complete food. It is vegan, has medicinal qualities and when ingested over long periods of time, can help to elevate the spiritual frequency of the consumer with very little work or effort.

In India it is a staple food. It is that which makes up over 75% of a yogic diet. It is fat free and serves not only the pallet but also the circulatory system, respiratory system, thyroid and feeds the loving heart and calming of the mind.

Try a kichidi cleanse and watch your life change in beautiful abundant ways.

Portions can be adjusted to specific desires and made with less consistency for summer and more volume for winter. Enjoy!

Preparation: Wash hands before touching any ingredients …