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A letter from Sri.K. Pattabhi Jois to Yoga Journal, Nov. 1995 "It is unfortunate that students who have not yet matured in their own practice have changed the method and have cut out teh [sic] e...
breath + movement = roots Psychologist Babette Rothschild has said: "Breath is a reminder of trauma. Sensory messages from muscle and connective tissue that remember a specific position, action,...
A trauma survivor can be an adult survivor of childhood abuse, a domestic violence survivor, a survivor of sexual assault, someone who was in a horrible car wreck or natural disaster, or a returning ...
"The body keeps the score." - Dr. Bessel van der Kolk According to the teachers at my recent Trauma Sensitive Yoga training, 70-80% of the population have experienced some type of trauma, w...
Another newsletter from Srivatsa Ramaswami....enjoy When I was a student I had to study a course in Mathematics (or was it Physics or Engineering?) titled, “Statics and Dynamics.” That was the time...
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Hanumanasana is Overrated "From a standpoint where the purpose of Hatha yoga is to facilitate and maintain a healthy functioning body, there is no reason why a person would ever need to be able ...
It always does my heart good when I hear a student talk about how yoga has helped them in their life. Most of the realizations Ive heard are more about the non-physical than the physical, things on a...
late July gardens, 2010 Last week on my birthday I listened to Mark Whitwells talk on the new website Yoga Teacher Telesummit. I have to admit that I did not finish listening to his talk because my b...
(thanks to the genius of Diane Arbus) Why doesnt awakening happen just like that? [visualize a finger snap.] Because then you would never know the pain and the joy of it. ####### "Houston, we ha...
Yes, even my yoga guru shuts up to do his practice: "...[the] English translation of my Guru Sri Krishnamacharyas Yoga Makaranda (I have the Tamil translation of the book for over 45 years and r...
B = Brave I = Intelligent T = Tenacious C = Creative H = Honest "Embracing your inner bitch...means that youre being strong and honest with yourself and those around you, and I think thats a goo...
original art Karin Bartimole "When you are truly genuine, there will invariably be people who do not accept you. And in that case, you must be your own badass self, without apology."...
upon first seeing Gangakondacholapuram, 2008 My first OM was in 1973 with Beat Poet and Buddhist, Allen Ginsberg, and I drifted in and out of yoga during the ‘70s. It was only when I returned to a s...
My oh my, what a year 2010 was for me... I started out in South India at the Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram, flew to Kolkata where Kali Ma knocked me down, traveled to Bhubaneswar to meet the 64 Yogin...
yogis I want to say from the onset that my writing is not in any way a scholarly history of Hinduism and I wont get into any debates about what Hinduism is, who is a Hindu, etc. I am more than cogni...
Hindu blessing of cow, Rameswaram beach (I dont see any asanas) Getting on the yoga merry-go-round again of the old debate on "who owns yoga?" and whether yoga springs from Hinduism. Theres...
No, not yoga and evolution. Yoga and your evolutionary process. Change. Ive been thinking a lot about what my student said in class the other night, about what she thinks "real yoga" is. It...
Last night in class I only had two students. Believe it or not, this no longer bothers me -- I show up and I teach. Despite how "mainstream" yoga people love to believe yoga is nowadays -- ...
"In saving Tibet we prove the existence and power of the human spirit." Play this video forward on October 23. OM MANI PADME HUM addthis_pub = yogagal60510;
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This is your Mothers Day AND Christmas AND birthday AND anniversary present all rolled into one!I cant promise you Javier Bardem but you can still do your own version of Eat Pray Love -- this promise...
Who does not want to save at least $350 on a yoga retreat in Bali? Pay in full before the end of 2010 and save money -- May 5-15, 2011 -- a great way to spend your Mothers Day!THE RETREAT:Yoga makes ...
I am a survivor.That is why my seva is at my local domestic violence shelter for almost 10 years now. It is my favorite class to teach because my students are also my teachers. Someone you know is a ...
"(The Atma) is not even in name different (from the Brahm.) It is not hidden in the high words (of the Vedas.) O Friend! How can I call it uniform or varied? I am by nature Eternal Freedom beyon...
Chickpea to Cook~Jalaluddin Rumi(translated by Coleman Barks)A chickpea leaps almost over the rim of the potwhere its being boiled."Why are you doing this to me?"The cook knocks him down wi...
Carol Hortons post on Tara Stiles book still has legs -- people are still commenting -- so I thought I would add my two rupees as a post here. Im a jazz freak and usually listen to what is considered...
meditation hall, Spirit Rock Many of you know that I was in the first Mindfulness Yoga and Meditation Training at Spirit Rock Meditation Center in Woodacre, California. The 18 month program ran from ...
"Sir" and his father, KYM, 20052010 has been the year of scholarly yoga books such as Mark Singletons Yoga Body: The Origins of Modern Posture and Stefanie Symans The Subtle Body: The Story...
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