A Sutra a Day: III-42 – Lightness of Being
…to a good massage and you arise from the table with the feeling of having been given a new body, a fresh start. 3. Completion – Finishing an exam or…
…to a good massage and you arise from the table with the feeling of having been given a new body, a fresh start. 3. Completion – Finishing an exam or…
Do you get annoyed with yourself when you screw up? I sure do. On the one hand, it’s normal; it comes with the territory of being human and therefore must…
One of the first balancing poses a beginner in yoga is introduced to is vrshkasana (tree pose). Free-standing on one leg is certainly a challenge to a beginner’s sense of…
…know of my competitive nature.) The art of relaxation for busy people can be seen to be at best an indulgence and at worst completely unnecessary. Sometimes we approach yoga…
I wish, as a yoga teacher, I had more sway with my students in encouraging them to do their own practice. It’s not that I want them to disappear from…
When I was rather new to yoga, having just completed a 10 week YMCA beginners course, I moved to southern California. I was keen to find a yoga teacher and,…
…Research resources go toward studies to prove the positive effects of yoga relaxation on the body’s systems. Not everyone wants less stress in their lives. Some thrive on it. They…
…you could just go ahead and wing it…digging your hole. Now you can do a Google Search and discover “How to Dig a Hole”. It takes 5 steps on wikiHow,…
…yoga practice and very conducive for meditating. We’ve slept under the stars on the roof, bundled in our doona, and searching out northern hemisphere constellations, like the Big Dipper. Jupiter…
…practice routine. I know I will, nevertheless, partly for you the reader; I don’t want to let you down. In the meantime, Daniel and I enjoy the hospitality of cousins,…
…cites research being done that indicates yoga creates states not unlike those of orgasms: “Over the decades, many have discovered from personal experience that the practice can fan the sexual…
…to thwart the climate crisis. True enough. The latest research is clear: to avoid the worst climate impacts, global greenhouse gas emissions will have to reach net-zero around mid-century. I’ve…