YogaConnections

My wife saw an ad in a magazine the other day for the book ”The No Om Zone:  A No-Chanting, No-Granola, No-Sanskrit Practical Guide to Yoga” and pointed it out to me. I had an immediate negative reaction to it. I know exactly why too. Yoga is about creating a space where all of us can pursue health [...]

I have always loved to sing. As far back as I can remember, I have been at my most joyful when immersed in music. So, I guess it is no surprise that I am powerfully attracted to Kirtan. I first started hearing this kind of music when I started doing Yoga a couple of years [...]

Below are four value statements about yoga. I wonder if you agree with them. Are these values currently practiced in Yoga as you experience it? Are these values important to your practice of Yoga?
1) Yoga is independent of race, color, creed, or gender. It is essentially international in character, with no artificial boundaries. This makes Yoga essentially a [...]

A cousin recently asked me if I had any pointers about getting started in Yoga.  After practicing for a year and a half I still feel like I’m just getting started. I’ve been fortunate enough to have some widely varying experiences in yoga during that time as well, so I hope I have enough perspective at [...]

The key to the art of personal practice lies in learning how to accurately assess our present condition, how to set appropriate goals, and how to develop an appropriate practice. – Gary Kraftsow
That is a little sentence that just says a whole lot. As a yoga student, I don’t think I would have been ready [...]

Filmmaker Kate Churchill is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Nick Rosen is skeptical but agrees to be her guinea pig. Kate immerses Nick in yoga, and follows him around the world as he examines the good, the bad and the ugly of yoga. The two encounter celebrity yogis, true believers, kooks and [...]

I have an excellent teacher at the studio where I pracice yoga. A few months ago, I was surprised to find how strong my devotion to her has become. At first it scared me because it was unexpected. It struck me as inappropriate to feel that way, but I wasn’t sure why. My mind told me that [...]

Man, I do love yoga. I started class today feeling really disconnected and unbalanced. I think those feelings come from entering new territory – like an explorer who traveled far enough away from home that old support lines are no longer available, and having no idea what was going to be found around the next [...]

I have to admit I’m a book hound. I’ve probably read at least 20 books that have something to do with Yoga since I started doing Yoga in January of 2008. One of the first books I bought about Yoga is “The Yoga of the Nine Emotions. The Tantric Practice of Rasa Sadana” by Peter [...]

 
When last we left Prince Arjuna, he was poised to run off on the eve of battle, but Krishna was there to explain to him why he needed to stay and play his role in the unfolding drama. Ultimately, the answer was destiny. Krishna, existing out of time, had already killed everyone who was to [...]