Elemental Yoga, Los Angeles, CA (2026)

02/14/2023

The ancient Tantrikas knew that The Goddess creates manifest reality as an act of . So, with the right kind of view and openness in the heart center, we can experience this love for ourselves. ⁣⁣
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All striving and chasing after love is unnecessary. We only need to open and soften. It is already there, in every fiber of our being. ⁣⁣
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01/24/2023

People have been asking me what a Vedic astrology / Jyotish reading with me is like, and what it includes. So I thought I would take a moment to speak to it a bit.

# # The Benefits

✨ Know yourself better – understand your place in the world more deeply, and your dharma in this life.
✨ Gain clarity into the various seasons of your life.
✨ Approach so-called obstacles in your life with greater grace, establishing the deeply-held feeling that no experience is too big for you to handle, that there is nothing to fear in life.
✨ Relax into the mystery of life and dance more gracefully with that mystery. Make friends with the unknown, and get excited about the unknown.

# # What’s Included

🪐 A 90-minute live reading on Zoom or in-person.
🪐 We explore your natal chart and current transits to identify opportunities for growth, in the context of specific questions you may have.
🪐 You also receive a separate, 30-minute practice session to dive more deeply into the yogic practices we identified in your chart and transits. These practices can include asana, kriya, pranayama (breath work), sacred rituals, and dietary changes like fasting.

For each session, I spend hours with your chart before the session studying it and tuning into your consciousness.

What I love about Jyotish is that, because it’s part of the larger Yog-Vedantic tradition, it draws on the incredible depth and breadth of yogic practices and knowledge to offer yoga practices custom-tailored to your chart, and any areas highlighted in your reading that deserve special attention.

You can learn more and schedule a reading at the link in my bio, or visit
cosmic.diamonds/jyotish

Photo of me in a Jyotish temple in Varanasi, India by

01/23/2023

My Cosmic Diamonds email newsletter is getting an upgrade: I'm going to start using the newsletter to explore a broader range of topics, like the Consciousness Revolution / Cosmic Renaissance we're moving through or the intersection of artificial intelligence and consciousness, just like I do on the podcast. Of course I will still be delving into yoga philosophy & practices, Vedic astrology, and all the usual topics as well. I want it to be as interesting and useful for readers as possible.

🧧 Email subscribers get 25% off my newly relaunched meditation course—I'll be sending out a special discount link by email in the next day or so. So subscribe now if you haven't already.

📧 My newsletter is for anyone interested in spirituality, holistic spiritual practices, and personal and collective evolution.

You will receive an email from me about once a week where I discuss technologies of the sacred, spiritual practices, walking the spiritual path, yoga, meditation, Vedic and archetypal astrology, ancient and modern wisdom, and how to be more relevant in this new age we have entered, an age I am calling the Cosmic Renaissance.

It’s spiritual but not ridiculous. 🫶🏻

Link in bio or go to:
cosmic.diamonds/newsletter

01/06/2023

Los Angeles yogis: My new breathwork, kriya and meditation class starts tomorrow 💨⁣
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A dynamic series of seated practices will help us to ground, expand, elevate and tap into our inherent bliss nature. The best way to start your weekend! 🧘🏾‍♀️🤩⁣⁣
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🕉️ Saturdays: 11:15 am rousela.yoga⁣⁣
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These practices are deep but simultaneously accessible to all levels. ⁣⁣
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Hari Om⁣⁣
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12/27/2022

New blog post about the Consciousness Revolution / Cosmic Renaissance / Great Turning / New Age we are entering!⁣⁣
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I have been thinking a lot about this new, more spiritual age we seem to be entering: what to call it, how to talk about it, and even how to help foster its expansion. We talked a lot about it in two of my courses in the philosophy, cosmology and consciousness program at this past semester. In a course with the same name we called it The Great Turning, using Joanna Macy’s phrase. In another course, we contemplated the possibility of a “Second Axial Age,” referencing a first Axial Age that took place circa 500 BCE around the time of the Buddha, Patanjali, the Upanishads, the Greek philosophers, and Jewish prophets. So, for my final paper in my Intro to PCC course I explored what spiritual traditions we might incorporate into the traditions of the first Axial Age to forge a new spirituality and world view: Bhakti Yoga, Ta**ra Yoga, and pre-Roman Christianity. I propose calling it The Cosmic Renaissance. ⁣⁣
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I will be talking about this on an upcoming episode of my podcast as well…⁣⁣
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Images of Jesus in India hanging out with Chaitanya Mahaprabhu generated by me using ⁣⁣
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12/21/2022

Happy Solstice! 🌞 I’m excited to be teaching in-person again for the first time since the pandemic! On the east side in Echo Park (but actively working on some West LA opportunities).⁣⁣⁣
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Starting today I’m filling in for ’s Wednesday evening classes for the next few months, which is full-spectrum yoga from asana to pranayama to kriya and beyond! ⁣⁣⁣
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Starting January 7th, we’re trying a new Saturday morning class that combines breathwork and meditative practices, including meditative kriyas. ⁣⁣⁣
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WEDNESDAY (today!) ⁣⁣⁣
7pm Kriya / Kundalini Flow (1h 15m)⁣⁣⁣
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SATURDAY (starting Jan 7)⁣⁣⁣
11:15am Breathwork and Meditation (1 hr)⁣⁣⁣
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Check out the full schedule at
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11/18/2022

I was “Fun Saturn” for Halloween this year. It seemed appropriate since I’m in my Saturn dasha in Vedic astrology and we’ve been studying Saturn quite a bit in my Psyche & Cosmos class at this semester. ⁣
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Although, as I tell my Vedic astrology clients, Saturn has his good qualities (maturity of the soul, perseverance, wisdom, spiritual consistency, radical aliveness, etc.) he sure does get a bad rap as a tough teacher bringing melancholy, limitation, isolation, etc. So I thought I’d rehabilitate his image as a reminder that Saturn becomes a powerful ally once we learn to work with him. ⁣
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I was going for the Roman god archetype, who is mostly naked except for a red sash. So I’m aware that the red robe is not canon🧣🪐⁣
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Photos by the incredibly talented
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09/27/2022

I've been inspired by the Shambhala warrior prophecy that comes out of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition known as the Coming of the Kingdom of Shambhala. I recently came across it reading Active Hope by Joanna Macy & Chris Johnston, which I highly recommend! ⁣
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According to this prophecy, there comes a time when all life on Earth is in danger. At that time, great powers waste their wealth on conflict and division. During this time of darkness this kingdom emerges, not as a literal place but in the hearts and minds of the Shambhala warriors, who are spread all over the earth. ⁣
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These warriors are able to dismantle the power of the barbarians because they are "mind made," and anything made by the human mind can be unmade. ⁣
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Shambhala warriors have two tools at their disposal: ⁣
1. Compassion and⁣
2. Insight into the radical interdependence of all things. ⁣
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Warriors are people who stand up for a cause they have their heart in. Shambhala warriors are fiercely loyal to life on Earth and are determined to play their part in its defense. Theirs is not a power over but a power with. ⁣
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Can we all commit to being a Shambhala warrior and reorienting our relationship to power and powerlessness? It only takes compassion and a new way of relating. That's the real power. ⁣
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09/26/2022

Take a deep breath. Tune into the spaciousness inside you. Imagine that this is the only moment that matters (because it is). There is absolutely nothing wrong in this moment. Deepening that feeling, truly relaxing, and carrying it with you into all situations is like a super power. ⁣
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That is freedom. True freedom.⁣
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You can learn that in my meditation course. I promise. All it takes is a simple technique where you sit in a state of softness, and a consistent practice. ⁣
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I know. You have to sit every day. But I will make it so you will want to. I promise to make it as pleasant as sipping a cup of tea on a comfy sofa. ⁣
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✨ What's Included In the Course ✨⁣
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In 4 weeks, we will go through all the elements of this meditation technique and start to establish a consistent meditation practice, together.⁣
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There will be weekly instruction and practice sessions. You'll have access to recordings of all the sessions.⁣
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🧘🏾‍♀️ Starts: October 3rd (but you can join any time afterward)⁣
🧘🏼 Length: 4 weeks⁣
🧘🏻‍♂️ Weekly time commitment: ~60 minutes, plus your daily meditation time⁣
🕉 Plus you get a private consultation with me to receive your personal meditation mantra based on your astrology. ⁣
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cosmic.diamonds/meditate or click the link in my bio

09/21/2022

I reject this kind of judgmental, bypassy, draconian spirituality. (It says, “Good vibes only.”) What it should say is, “You are loved unconditionally, with all of your darkness, pain, shame, and trauma.” Can we make that shift?

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