Home Base
Culver City, California
Expertise
Zen Wisdom
Quote
“In our Yoga practice, the act of focusing is an exact science! Together, our conscious, rhythmic breath patterns, combined with a drishti, opens a gateway to a higher state of calm-alertness.”
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Books
Dhanpal-Donna Quesada
Dhanpal-Donna Quesada teaches eastern spiritual philosophy at Santa Monica College and Kundalini Yoga at the renowned Yoga West, in Los Angeles. She is an author, healer and meditation guide. Her book, Buddha in the Classroom; Zen Wisdom to Inspire Teachers, was released by Skyhorse Publications, in 2011. Now a classic, it is scheduled for re-release in 2015, under its new title, The Inspired Teacher; Zen Advice for the Happy Teacher. Her audio CDs of guided meditations and positive affirmations feature a variety of meditation styles and reflect the way she begins all of her classes, whether teaching Yoga or eastern philosophy. Quesada has also received formal training in the Zen Buddhist tradition. She lives with her family and her beloved terrier, Marcel, in Culver City, California.
Articles and Posts
- Awaken Interviews Dr. Steve Taylor - Natural Wakefulness and Experiences of Mysticism
views: 1002Donna Quesada: You’ve written so extensively about the subject of awakening…what led you to this aspect of your work? Dr. Steve Taylor: For me, personally, I think I was always a person that showed natural wakefulness…from the age of 16 [...]
- Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman - His Spiritual Quest
views: 3405Donna Quesada: So, in terms of your work with the Tibet House, which coincides with your work at Columbia University as part of the Indo-Tibetan Studies Program… Robert Thurman Ph.D.: We have a center for Buddhist Studies at the Religion [...]
- Awaken Interviews Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller Part III
views: 3527Donna Quesada: how do we take responsibility and acknowledge that interconnectedness that you were just speaking of… There is no wall. We are all a part of it. And part of taking responsibility is acknowledging my role. How do you [...]
- Awaken Interviews Leonard Jacobson - What It Means To Awaken
views: 1553Donna Quesada: Well, Leonard it’s really nice to meet you. David gave me your book a few weeks ago and I sure have enjoyed it and I was just delighted to know I would be talking with you today. So [...]
- Awaken Interviews Donna Quesada - How Kundalini Yoga Is A Method To Awaken
views: 1638David Welch: How is Yoga generally, and Kundalini Yoga specifically, a means and a method to awakening? Donna Quesada: Because Kundalini Yoga offers specifically, a technology whereby we set up the physical conditions for awakening. So, as an analogy, just off [...]
Videos
- Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman - His Spiritual Questviews: 3405
- Awaken Interviews Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller Part IIIviews: 3527
Awaken Interviews Joan Borysenko Ph.D. - Living More From Your Higher Selfviews: 931
Awaken Interviews Joan Borysenko Ph.D. -God Is A Mysteryviews: 933
Awaken Interviews Kundalini Yoga Master Guru Singh Part IIviews: 1156
Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman PhD Part III - Be Lucid Wakingviews: 975
Quotes
- “When you catch yourself slipping into a pool of negativity, notice how it derives from nothing other than resistance to the current situation.”
- “When you blame, you open up a world of excuses, because as long as you're looking outside, you miss the opportunity to look inside, and you continue to suffer.”
- “The effects you will have on your students are infinite and currently unknown; you will possibly shape the way they proceed in their careers, the way they will vote, the way they will behave as partners and spouses, the way they will raise their kids.”
- “Courage is often associated with aggression, but instead should be seen as a willingness to act from the heart.”
- “What we can change is our perceptions, which have the effect of changing everything.”
- “You don't think your way back to joy; you open to it.”
- “Each situation is a blossom to be picked with a curious spirit.”
- “To see change is at the same time to allow change.”
- “Think of the jazz improv artist responding to the musical banter among her fellow players onstage. Aside from whatever training they've done in advance, as soon as the curtain opens, they move into unknown territory together, creating something new each time by remaining in a state of undivided presence.”
- "Don’t “personalize” the situation or the other person’s actions, since, those actions were never about you, anyway, they were always about the other—betraying their own state of consciousness."
- "Your inner glow and light, which radiates outward and is felt by all who come near you, will affect the material context in ways that others are unable to understand. It’s like a secret."
- "When we live from the heart, we are dwelling in God. And God doesn’t take things personally or get involved in drama. God doesn’t compare, judge, get wrecked by anxiety and unfulfilled expectations and certainly has nothing to prove and no sense of lack."