Tommy will be teaching a class at the festival, time and date TBA. Check back soon and visit the Tadasana Festival website… http://www.tadasanafestival.com/

Recovery 2.0 is all about sharing the gifts of yoga and meditation with people in recovery from addictions and with others who desire to get past any hurdle that stands between them and their happiness. These powerful workshops are transformative and uplifting. People leave with a strong sense of direction, empowerment and a new-found perspective on recovery and life.

If you are interested in booking Tommy Rosen at a studio or conference near you to speak and teach about Yoga, Meditation and the next level of addiction recovery, email bookings@tommyrosen.com

Recovery 2.0 is all about sharing the gifts of yoga and meditation with people in recovery from addictions and with others who desire to get past any hurdle that stands between them and their happiness. On this site you will find blogs, videos and other resources meant to help you with the challenges you face on your path. Use what works for you and leave the rest. Please note that if you are already on a path of recovery, please look at this site as a supplement to the great work you are already doing. If you are new to recovery or just want to find some new ways to learn and grow, hopefully you will find something of use here that will inspire you to a deeper understanding of YOU.

Yoga and Meditation are a big part of the reason I have been able to overcome great hurdles and rise out of the dis-ease of addiction. I have found that there is a place beyond addiction even for serious addicts and alcoholics. (Read The Rest…)

The 12 Steps are an incredibly effective tool to overcome addiction.  If one follows these steps to the best of one’s ability, good things tend to happen.  However, what has been lacking in the 12-step approach is specific instruction on how to connect to the physical body through movement and breath.  The steps do not provide information about diet, cleansing, exercise, sweating, breathing or about how to tap into the infinite pharmacy within – our endocrine system.  Through powerful yoga sets and meditations, Recovery 2.0 focuses on these aspects of being human.  It seeks to provide key insights for people in recovery about the Human body – how to use it and how to take care of it.  Please enjoy the site and take advantage of all that is provided here.  If you find anything here confusing, please email me.  If you find anything offensive, please disregard it.  If you find anything helpful, please use it.

Please Note the following two disclaimers:

a)  Recovery 2.0 is not meant to change the 12-Step program, the steps themselves, in any way.  The steps already work to help people overcome addiction.  Recovery 2.0 will help to strengthen one’s recovery even further by adding important information and education to the recovery process.

b) Recovery 2.0 is not meant to be a replacement for someone’s recovery program.  It is meant to be supplemental only, so work your program!

Love and Strength to you on your path,

Tommy Rosen

Consciousness is not usually something you just get.  It has to be caught. (There are exceptions to this rule.  I’ve met some of them.  They seem to gravitate intuitively toward the higher frequency and their path is not the path of addiction recovery.) We catch the higher frequency in places where it congregates such as 12-step meetings, meditation centers, yoga centers and spiritual retreat centers.  

On the shadow side of this, it is easy to catch the lower vibration in our world. It happens anywhere (like in your living room in front of the television) but especially in places that prey upon human weakness and addiction.  Of course, Las Vegas is one of those places – Strip clubs, Casinos, Bars, but darkness exists anywhere people are caught up in ego without a teacher or teachers to guide them out of it.  I was one of those people and I got into very serious trouble. Fortunately for me, I was blessed to find many great teachers and with their guidance I was able “to catch” the consciousness of true recovery.

Having a great teacher who can take you from darkness into light is the greatest gift. If you have been blessed with such a person in your life, you have an opportunity to grow in leaps and bounds, and here’s the best part, once you are lifted up, you will be free, not indebted.  A great teacher liberates people, but with no price attached.  You will likely be inspired to go out and help other people as you have been helped, but there will have been no agenda on the part of your teacher to control you or your actions in any way.   This is the mark of a truly exceptional teacher and I have been blessed to have several such as this.   Unfortunately, there are also misguided teachers in the world and I’ve had a few of those along the way as well.  

The point here is that if you want to develop as a person, it is helpful to be around other people with that interest and who carry the consciousness you want to move toward.

For some people the chatter is louder than for others, like for people who are challenged by addictions (me, for example).  There was a time in my life when that chatter was more powerful than me. It overwhelmed me.  It was my master.  Then about 7 years ago, I was turned on to a form of Yoga called Kundalini.  The promise of all spiritual paths is transformation.  With Kundalini Yoga, the transformation was quick, precise and thorough.  I was about to discover the neutral mind. My life was about to get really, really good!

Within the powerful teachings of Kundalini Yoga, there lies an illuminating description of the 3 minds – negative, positive and neutral, which has relevance for anyone who has ever wished there was a way to turn off the committee and get to the heart of you.  Say you have a decision to make like should you cross the street or not. The negative mind will show up saying things like, “are you sure you want to cross the street? There’s a lot of traffic and you might get hurt?  What’s so special across that street anyway?”  Meanwhile the positive mind kicks in.  “Look over there.  It’s amazing across that street.  Let’s go over there.  Doesn’t look dangerous to me.  It’s an adventure.  Let’s have at it.”  You see, the negative mind, despite its name, is neither bad nor good. Rather, it is the part of your mind that tells you the reasons not to do something.  It is the protective part of your mind. People who are too heavily in their negative mind are over-protected.  They are risk-adverse and will miss some opportunities that life presents, but they rarely get too burned.  The positive mind, on the other hand, is also neither good nor bad.  It simply tells you the reasons to do something.  It is the creative, adventurous part of your mind. People who are too heavily in their positive mind rarely miss opportunities because they see and are willing to take them on as they arise.  These folks have very adventurous lives, but they have a hard time committing to a long-term process and because they are willing to take risks, will take a whooping from time to time.  Then there’s the neutral mind, which we can only access by getting still and quiet.  The neutral mind listens to the testimony of both the negative and positive minds and then from a centered place makes the decision which is always the right decision because it honors and bends toward the will of your highest Self – that part of you that has your Absolute best interests in mind.  
When we are balanced in all three minds, we allow our inner calling to come through.

So ask yourself, do you have a decision to make today?  Do you tend more toward the positive or negative mind?  How about taking 3 minutes sitting still, closing your eyes, breathing deeply and allowing the input of both your positive and negative minds to come in without interference.  Do not try to make an answer come, rather allow it to come. Be patient.  Accessing your neutral mind is a new habit that requires you to build the skill of meditation and stillness.  Once you act from the clarity of the neutral mind, you are immediately able to live in the full expression of YOU and to let go of the results of your actions.  Enjoy your freedom.