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Enlightenment Journal | Summer 2017

Elena Kanti Fritchle

Your heart is the altar, the center of consciousness where God dwells. 

Make a pilgrimage there today. 

                                                                               

—Yogacharya Ellen Grace O’Brian

As practitioners of classical yoga, we daily journey within to experience and 

know the Divine. This treasured practice is one we support by creating and main-

taining our meditation area. Having a specific area set aside engages our neural 

pathways in remembering to calm our breath, relax our body, quiet our mind 

and senses, and turn within to the Divine presence. The space itself becomes part 

of our spiritual practice. We can assist our children in creating and maintaining 

such a dedicated space for themselves, including the creation of a personal Altar 

Box. The Altar Box is an outer reflection of the inner beauty and peace of our 

heart. And it is designed to be portable, everything fitting inside, and can even 

be taken on vacations, serving as a daily reminder to journey within!

Reflections of the Divine

LIGHTING THE PATH FOR CHILDREN