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 Ora Nadrich Part III - Total Awarness
views: 440Donna Quesada: So, it’s almost like using that time to create a new habit? The Morning Cup of Coffee is a moment to habit change? Ora Nadrich: Yeah! Exactly, Donna. The reason I came up with that…and I wrote that [...]
- Awaken Interviews Ora Nadrich Part II - The Inner Journey
views: 633Donna Quesada: Ora, what is your background? Do you consider this a spiritual or part of a spiritual path that you are helping people embark on? And do you come from a spiritual tradition yourself? Ora Nadrich: I do consider [...]
- Awaken Interviews Ora Nadrich - Present Without Thoughts
views: 482Donna Quesada: Hi Ora. Ora Nadrich: Hi Donna. DONNA: So nice to meet you. ORA: So nice to meet you, too. DONNA: Thank you for giving us this hour. I’m so happy to introduce your work to the Awaken listeners. [...]
- Awaken Interviews Kundalini Master Guru Singh Part III - Now Is The Time We Need Millions of Masters
views: 746GURU SINGH: It’s exactly like money. Ego is what ego does. Money is what money does. It’s a medium of exchange and ego is a medium of exchange, also. It’s a medium of exchanging your energy with somebody else’s or [...]
- Awaken Interviews Kundalini Master Guru Singh Part II - Direct Experience of the Divine
views: 607Donna Quesada: So there’s this interplay between doing and letting. Doing and letting go. And it seems like that quality of surrender and letting the grace happen is part of all the traditions…and how do you know when to pull [...]
Videos
Awaken Interviews Dr. Steve Taylor - The Collective Awakening Is Occurringviews: 1552
Awaken Interviews Robert Thurman - His Spiritual Questviews: 3607
Awaken Interviews Zen Buddhist Priest Karen Maezen Miller Part IIIviews: 3743
Awaken Interviews Joan Borysenko Ph.D. - Living More From Your Higher Selfviews: 1090
Awaken Interviews Joan Borysenko Ph.D. -God Is A Mysteryviews: 1092
Awaken Interviews Kundalini Yoga Master Guru Singh Part IIviews: 1353
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."