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Modern Yoga Wisdom
If I were writing my own version of the Yoga Sutra (a 2,000-year old guide for the practice of yoga), I would include this bit of wisdom: In your practice, some asanas will elicit such panicky resistance from your body… Continue reading
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What Is Your Yoga?
"It’s not the asanas that will change your life. It’s the courage you bring to your practice that will change your life." Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa I froze mid-leg swing when I heard that while watching her DVD last night…. Continue reading
Yoga and Health Care
Deepak Chopra recently wrote an article in The Huffington Post raving calmly, the way he does, about the benefits of yoga, about the 16 million Americans now practicing yoga, about its effects on sleep, depression and anxiety, migraines, low back… Continue reading
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Yoga Al Fresco 2
Following twice daily practices outside this weekend and last (blame the Kundalini fever), I have a few more observations on the differences between indoor and outdoor practice.1. Some asanas are transformed by moving outside. Shoulderstand done indoors is a horror… Continue reading
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A Change of Scenery
During summer, my practice moves outside two or three days every week. My lovely man and I spend long weekends at our cabin on an island in Northern Ontario. This means that my practice is either free-form or follows a… Continue reading
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My Edge is My Own
Among my friends are two former yoga teachers, both of whom quit teaching (and practicing) because of chronic pain that began with yoga and improved with the end of yoga. I’m flummoxed by this. Did they not find the right… Continue reading
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The Third Shanti
We’ve been chatting about the ending of some practices, during which we chant shanti, shanti, shanti. The first shanti is to beam internal healing or some kind of wonderful intention for ourselves. The second shanti is to send some peaceful,… Continue reading
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Kundalini for Newbies
A good number of people wrote this week to ask about Kundalini Yoga. For those of you who aren’t interested, hang in, and I’ll do my best to return to wonderful thoughts on all things yoga next week, despite my… Continue reading
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Kundalini Crush
I’ve got a bad, bad case of Kundalini Crush. There’s no pride in saying this. I haven’t said much about my last crush, on Javier Bardem, for example, even though he is the best actor in the WORLD, because it… Continue reading
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Classes in My Basement
Yoga exists on the other side of the known universe from television. That’s my opinionated opinion. Or was. Yesterday’s mail changed that. I received my first three yoga DVDs, the ones I ordered after my introduction to Kundalini yoga…. Continue reading
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