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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