From the ground up
P YS ii.46 Sthira Sukham Asanam The connection with the earth should be steady and joyful. When building a structure, most experts would agree that a strong foundation is paramount. From this...
View ArticleJivamukti Yoga Focus of the Month: July 2013: Overcoming Negative Emotions
There are many potential obstacles on the path to enlightenment, but there is one that is particularly challenging to deal with and that underlies many, if not most, of the other obstacles: negative...
View ArticleSad=Satya=Truth
Yesterday morning was month to the day since I woke up. I woke up from a twelve hour surgery and an additional twelve hours of being under sedation. I woke up to my reality; I was alive and had a new...
View Articlea blip in the continuum
Well, folks, I am still in the hospital, week seven starts tomorrow. The nurses and doctors are frustrated. My regular visitors are frustrated. I’m practicing patience (hard) and doing my best not to...
View ArticleJivamukti Focus of the Month, January 2014: Fed Up
atha yoga-anushasanam Now this is yoga as I have perceived it in the natural world. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali (PYS 1.1) Anyone who is engaged in serious yoga practice has come to yoga for the same...
View ArticleDay Four, Lizzie’s Yoga Challenge: Jivamukti Yoga with Emma
Perhaps I need to begin this next post with a few caveats. Emma Henry happens to one of my best friends, and I’m a Jivamukti yoga teacher. What this means is that I love Emma as a person and the method...
View ArticleConvergence
YS II.46 stira sukam asanam the connection with the earth should be steady and joyful YS II.47 prayatna shaithilya ananta samapattibhyam the means of perfecting the connection (posture/seat) is that of...
View ArticleOpen Doorways
Focus Of The Month – April, 2017 nimittam aprayojakaṁ prakṛtīnāṁ varaṇa-bhedas tu tataḥ kṣetrikavat Causes do not put nature, Prakrti, into motion. They only remove the obstacles and coverings, like a...
View ArticleDear Diary : So much change, so much freedom
Self Isolation Day 3. Today started exceedingly badly. My son was told he would be taken out of school a day early to mitigate the risk of the virus, and while he didn’t say how miserable he felt...
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