A Sutra a Day: III-49 – Equilibrium
A friend of ours has been a carer for her ex-husband for most of this last year. He passed away last week from terminal cancer and now she is putting…
A friend of ours has been a carer for her ex-husband for most of this last year. He passed away last week from terminal cancer and now she is putting…
…Kaya-rupa-samyamat-tad.-grahya-sakti-stambhe caksuh-prakasa-asamprayoge-antardhanam Invisibility comes from perfect mastery of physical appearance, which allows one to dissociate the observer’s gaze from one’s own emanations.* *The Essence of Yoga – Reflections on the…
One of seven inspiring translator/commentators with whom I’ve been spending time every night since I took on my ‘A Sutra a Day’ project is Georg Feuerstein. I was sorry to…
…wisdom of the times, compressed it into 196 pithy sayings, and gave them to us as a system of meditation. I’ve read Patanjali’s Sutra from cover to cover, in the…
Sara “Cherry” Weinstein 1919-2011 My mother-in-law passed away today. I feel very much saddened by her death. I loved her. Her dying seems tied to other griefs, and they have…
Destiny My wise friend Shirley passed on this message from the great man to me the other day. I thought, oh yeah, that, I already know that. My experiences of…
…evidenced by a few friends who passed away this year. The main change that I’ve noticed as I age is that I am moving more slowly and cautiously than in…
…and how I approach what I do is increasingly more important than performing a sequence of poses. I still do my practice of poses, which I love, and what I…
…8 archival quality binders which store, for the most part, yoga sequences. Just because these practices are conveniently set aside doesn’t mean they don’t occupy headspace. Therefore, I’ve begun giving…
The yoga community is far-flung and varied. I’m in no way a purist so, to me, variety is good – healthy even. I attended a yoga class the other day…
…the theme of Beauty–living life beautifully. It occurred to me that the quality of beauty is a worthy one to strive for. And yoga conveys beauty on so many levels….
…else. • I often give up quality time with important people in my life to handle a crisis. • I rely on solving some crisis to give my day a…