John Mundahl: John Mundahl has been a yoga teacher and practitioner for 36 years. He was a resident at the original Kripalu Yoga Ashram in Sumneytown, Pennsylvania from 1977-1981, the four years of Swami Kripalu's remarkable stay in the United States. He is a retired ESL public school teacher, return Peace Corps Volunteer, an Ayurvedic Health Care Educator and the author of 12 books including: Tales of Courage, Tales of Dreams, a collection of short stories. From the Heart of the Lotus, the Teaching Stories of Swami Kripalu, Soul to Soul: Poems, Prayers and Stories to end a Yoga Class, A Sunrise of Joy, the Lost Darshans of Swami Kripalu, and The Swami Kripalu Reader, Selected Works from a Yogic Master. His short stories appear in his book: Through the Looking Glass, Stories and Poems from the Road. His poems appear in his book: The Awakening, Poems of Love and Joy for the New Earth. He has served in the Peace Corps three times, in Venezuela, Romania and Costa Rica. He lives in southern Minnesota.

Invocation 1
The Sun Never Says by Hafiz 3
True Love Is For Fools by Swami Kripalu 4
The Man With The Funny Yoga Mat by John Mundahl 5
The Paradox Of Our Age by the Dalai Lama 7
Wouldn't It Be Funny? by Yogi Amrit Desai 8
Beauty Arises In The Stillness Of Your Presence by Eckhart Tolle 9
Yoga, On The Other Hand by Dr. David Frawley 10
A Practice For Touching Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh 11
My Soul Mate, Where Are You? By John Mundahl 12
You Cannot Receive Love When Your Heart Is Clenched by Dr. Henry Emmons 13
If The Buddha Dated by Charlotte Kasl 14
We Call A Halt from the United Nations Environmental Sabbath Program 15
Creating A New Way Of Life by Shakti Gawain 16
We Are Travelers On A Cosmic Journey by Deepak Chopra 18
Where Is God For The Lutheran Girl Who Turned To Zen? by Karen Sunna 19
Green Cheese by John Mundahl 21
Earth, Teach Me A Ute Prayer, Native American 22
A New Dream by Don Miguel Ruiz 23
The Final Analysis by Mother Teresa, original version by Kent M. Keith 24
The Invitation by Oriah Mountain Dreamer 25
The Super Bowl Yogi by John Mundahl 27
Sir, What Do You And Your Monks Practice? by Thich Nhat Hanh 29
The Day I Discovered the Meaning of Love by Helen Keller 30
A Grieving Woman And The Mustard Seed a Buddhist parable 32
Are Your Potatoes Heavy? author unknown 33
It's Simple author unknown 34
An Evening Darshan by John Mundahl 35
Beyond Even The Solid Me by Nancy Ann James 37
He Is The Yogi from The Bhagavad-Gita 39
Our First Play Date by John Mundahl 40
Yoga Has Taught Me Much by Elizabeth Anderson 41
It Felt Love by Hafiz 42
A Blessing by James Wright 43
A Lotus For You, A Buddha To Be by Thich Nhat Hanh 44
The Man Who Was Going To America by Swami Kripalu 45
The Eyes Of Rumi by John Mundahl 46
Awareness And The Mind by Dr. David Frawley 47
The Journey Of Transformation by Yogi Amrit Desai 48
I'm Back Now by John Mundahl 49
A Meditation On Kindness by Charlotte Kasl 50
That Is The Glory Of The Mystic by Annie Besant 51
The Beginning of Freedom by Eckhart Tolle 52
The Sermon Of Saint Francis To The Birds author unknown 53
The Dancer and the Starfish author unknown 54
The God Who Only Knows Four Words by Hafiz 55
The Cider Stand by John Mundahl 56
Heartprints author unknown 57
This, Too, Shall Pass by Maria Garcia 58
The Charity Loved By The Lord by Swami Kripalu 59
The Promise by John Mundahl 60
The Debt Of Karma by Yogi Amrit Desai 61
A Higher Level of Healing by Dr. David Frawley 62
He Thinks He's Somebody by John Mundahl 63
Now Is The Time by Hafiz 64
Know The Sweet Joy Of Living In The Way by The Buddha 66
Final Advice by John Mundahl 67
A Discourse On Love-Metta Sutta (Suttanipata 1) 68
The Old Master Whips The Young Prince by Swami Kripalu 69
I Am Already by Danna Faulds 72
Swami Rama And The Fire by Swami Rama 73
Pondering The Dharma by John Mundahl 74
Yoga, My Dad, And Me by Rebecca Mundahl 75
A Practice for the New Millennium by the Dalai Lama 76
The Saint And The Scorpion by Swami Kripalu 77
Delight In Waking Up by Yogi Amrit Desai 79
I Am Spirit by Deepak Chopra 80
The Dream Keeper by John Mundahl 81
Yoga, A Gift From The Sages by Swami Rajarshi Muni 84
From Nothing To Everything Just As It Is by Nancy Ann James 85
A Prayer For The Powerless by Sister Mary Ann Kelley 87
What Is The Root? by Hafiz 88
Consciousness Is Love by Dr. David Frawley 89
Lord, Cast Your Sweet Gaze On Me by Swami Kripalu 90
Choose Yin by Sister Mary Ann Kelley 92
Whenever You Watch Your Mind by Eckhart Tolle 93
The Perfect One from The Bhagavad-Gita 94
In Celebration Of Morning Light by John Mundahl 95
A Christian Prayer for Peace by St. Francis of Assisi 96
A Hindu Prayer for Peace author unknown 97
A Zoroastrian Prayer for Peace author unknown 98
A Baha'i Prayer for Peace author unknown 99
A Buddhist Prayer for Peace author unknown 100
A Jain Prayer for Peace author unknown 101
A Muslim Prayer for Peace author unknown 102
A Native American Prayer for Peace author unknown 103
The Corner Of Hollywood And Vine by John Mundahl 104
A Beautiful Continuation by Thich Nhat Hanh 105
The Buddha's Discourse on Good Will 106
I Will Leave Yoga Class Rested And Still by John Mundahl 107
The Sky Hunter by Hafiz 108
Brother Sun, Sister Moon by St. Francis of Assisi 109
Humility Is Perpetual Quietness Of Heart by T.T. Carter 110
A Meditation On Healing Another by John Mundahl 111
Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle 112
Contraction And Expansion by Swami Rama 113
Release The Need To Save People by Sanaya Roman114
Wherever A Lamp Goes by Swami Kripalu 115
A Meditation On Breathing by Margaret Koblasova 116
Resting On A Mountain Ledge by John Mundahl 117
A Precious Human Life by the Dalai Lama 118
A Wise Being Lives Inside Of You by Shakti Gawain 119
Our True Heritage by Thich Nhat Hanh 121
The Fawn by John Mundahl 122
Keepers author unknown 123
The Saint Who Couldn't Practice What He Preached by Swami Kripalu 124
A Meditation On Cosmic Justice by John Mundahl 126
The True Peace by Black Elk 127
Last Respects author unknown 128
The Angel Of Struggle by Swami Kripalu 129
Our Notion Of Death by Thich Nhat Hanh 130
Mother And Child by Yogi Amrit Desai 131
Put Your Inner Female In The Guiding Positionby Shakti Gawain 132
Don't Let It Die An Orphan by John Mundah 134
Your Journey Inward by Swami Rama 135
The Good News by Thich Nhat Hanh 136
Shy One by John Mundahl 137
Oh, Great Spirit, Whose Voice I Hear In The Winds by Lakota Chief Yellow Lark 138
Wooden Bowls author unknown 139
Practicing Silence by Deepak Chopra 140
You May Have Heard That God Is In Us by Thich Nhat Hanh 142
Sick With Fever by John Mundahl 143
The Disciple Who Almost Drown by Swami Kripalu 144
It Is Peace by Barb Larson Taylor 146
Offer Your Heart by Yogi Amrit Desai 148
All Life Is Yoga by Dr. David Frawley 149
Choose Your Part, Then by John Mundahl 150
Growing Good Corn author unknown 151
Consciousness: The World Within by Dr. David Frawley 152
The Straw On The River Ganges by Swami Kripalu 153
A Sanskrit Salutation To The Dawn author unknown 155
Interdependence by the Dalai Lama 156
Mullah Nasrin and the Dandelions a Sufi story 157
The Trip Home by John Mundahl 158
That Man Alone Is Wise from the Bhagavad-Gita 159
The Compulsive Thinker by Eckhart Tolle 160
The Wise Woman and the Precious Stone author unknown 161
The Broken Glass Jar by John Mundahl 162
I Am There For You by Thich Nhat Hanh 163
How Hafiz Became A Sufi a traditional Sufi story 164
So Far Today author unknown 166
A Meditation On The Deathless Self by Dr. David Frawley 167
Somebody Else by Shoshannah Brombacher 168
A Special Meal author unknown 169
Today I Make Peace With My Body-Home by John Mundahl 171
Be the Buddha by Eckhart Tolle 172
The Two Women a Buddhist parable 173
Your Sweet Voice by John Mundahl 174
Rest At The Feet Of The Lord by Swami Kripalu 175
I Turn To Thee, Blessed Mother by John Mundahl 176
Take, These, My Final Words from the Bhagavad-Gita 177
Ending Blessing 178
Acknowledgments 179