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Eve Grzybowski

I've been teaching yoga since 1980.  A lot of my identity is tied up with being a yoga teacher.  What does that mean?  What should that mean? On this site I explore my personal journey and provide commentary on the state of yoga in the twenty-first century. I invite you to have a look and see what may be here for you.

 
Photo by: Julie Slavin Photography, Old Bar

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I've been adding meditations, short instructional video and an ever-growing selection of complete yoga classes.  Click on any of these below videos to view them directly.  Or click on the button below to explore the entire channel.

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Choose Healthy Living: Limit Future Pain

A quote from Rumi.

It would be a beautiful thing if we were able to get through our days and years without pain. Any sort of pain--emotional, mental, physical or spiritual. A lovely thing, but we know it's not likely to happen. Especially as we age.

I speak from experience when I say that getting old is a further impediment to being pain-free. There are the many 'inconveniences', such as loss of hearing and deterioration of vision. As well, there are the discomforts of stiffening muscles and rusty joints. There are also the outright agonies that go with serious medical conditions. And these occur at any age.

Lately I've been thinking about how I can preserve the relative good health I enjoy. I want to avoid future pain, too, of course, to the extent that is possible.

At the recent Ekam Retreat, I was reminded of a powerful message that comes to us via the old sage, Patanjali. In his Sutra II-16, Patanjali says: '...suffering that has not arisen can be prevented.'

Rebel Tucker, one of the Ekam presenters, led a discussion session called Choices for Living Well. If you've never experienced Rebel in person, you must book in for her classes at the Ekam Festival in mid-September. Rebel is an enthusiastic force of nature and a force for optimum good health. In her retreat session, we talked about what techniques and strategies enable us to practice good self-care. The holistic practice of yoga is an obvious method for fostering well-being. That is, the practices of asanas, pranayama, meditation and relaxation, done regularly.

Another well-defined way for promoting self-care is eating well. Long ago, I worked out what I consider a healthy diet for me. It's mainly plant-based, not too much sugar, fat or refined foods. I'm also well-practiced in 'portion-control'. Sound boring? Not entirely. My housemates and I spice things up at dinner with a glass of wine. Being at the retreat and enjoying the awesome meals cooked by Sarah Wilton had me feeling my best diet-wise. I realised the evening glass of wine I enjoy was possibly not serving me well.

Have a become a teetotaler since the retreat? No. But I have become more aware of the effects of even my modest glass, and felt better for limiting it.

The point for me isn't to live an abstemious life. It's not even to avoid 'suffering that has not arisen'. It's more about noticing what enables me to engage with life fully on all those levels: emotional, mental, physical and spiritual.

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Choose Healthy Living: Limit Future Pain

It would be a very nice thing if we were able to get through our days and years without pain. I’m talking about any sort of pain–emotional, mental, physical or spiritual. A nice thing, but we know it’s not going to happen.

I’m here to tell you that getting on in years is a further impediment to being pain-free. There are ‘inconveniences’, such as loss of hearing and changes in vision. And there are the discomforts of stiffening muscles and rusty joints. Then there’s the outright pain of that goes with serious medical conditions which can happen at any age.

Lately I’ve been thinking more and more about how I can preserve the relative good health I enjoy. I want to avoid future pain, too, to the extent that is possible.

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It's been out of print for 15 or more years but now it's back.  It's available as a paperback as well as a range of digital formats for different devices.  The design of this edition is modelled as closely as possible on the original release from 1997.

Electronic versions:

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(Note: Book retailers set their own prices that are all different and constantly change.  It's worth shopping around for the best price.)

Any bookshop, whether online or bricks and mortar, can order copies of Teach Yourself Yoga.  Just ask and quote ISBN: 978-0-6487945-0-9.

Please send me feedback about the book.  I'd love to hear about any errors or problems with eBooks on various devices.  And please review the book wherever you get it.  Reviews will help more people discover the book.

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Classes and Workshops

I'm currently teaching two weekly classes on the Mid-North Coast of New South Wales where I live. I also lead workshops here and in other parts of Australia.

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Visit the Vault!

I've been regularly contributing to this blog since 2009.  There are now over 1250 posts about a very wide range of topics. Click here to explore.

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Yoga Resources

Books, videos, teachers, websites, places to buy really hot yoga clothes (kidding), and generally anything I find that I think others might find useful.

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A Bit About Eve

I've been teaching since I was 35. I'm now 76. In that time there have been a few changes. Click here if you want to find out a bit about my life.

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Shop

No, I'm not selling yoga mats or clothing.  I don't even have a t-shirt... yet.  But from time to time I find myself with something that someone may want.  Have a look, I'm never sure what you'll find.