108 Sun Salutations Wednesday, June 21, 9am in Highland Park
What are we doing? 108 salutations with breathing timed with a metronome. I set an alarm for 79 minutes, which means we’re on our last salutation. We’re done at 10:40 […]
Yoga Teachers Should Stop Assaulting Students
My wife was assaulted by a yoga instructor at her former yoga studio. She’s cried over it, has lost sleep, and still has dreams about what happened months later. She spoke with a lawyer who confirmed that what happened is the definition of assault.
4 Fantastic Yoga Sutra Books
“The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali” by Alistair Shearer Stats at a glance Sanskrit text: No Transliterated text: No Translation of individual Sanskrit words: No Translation of Sutras: Yes Ability to […]
Why Move, Why Live, Why Focus?
Camus wasn’t being funny when, in ‘The Myth of Sisyphus’, he grappled with suicide. Is there a reason why we shouldn’t just end it? In coming to his conclusions, Camus […]
Yin Yoga TT and Immersion in Cincinnati, July 22-23 at Simply Power Yoga
Simply Power Yoga July 22—23 11:30am—6:00pm simplypoweryoga.com Guiding the Quiet Revolution: Yin Yoga Teacher Training and Immersion Yin Yoga is the art of insightful relaxation, personal acceptance and contemplative awareness. […]
Fascial and Observational Anatomy series at Uttara Yoga in Roanoke, VA July 29-30
Uttara Yoga Studio uttarayogastudio.com Lateral Line: Saturday, July 29, 9am-noon Spiral Line: Saturday, July 29, 1-4pm Dorsal Line: Sunday, July 30, 9am-noon Ventral and Core Lines: Sunday, July 30, 1-4pm […]
Yin Yoga TT in Roanoke, VA: Guiding the Quiet Revolution, September 9-10
Uttara Yoga Studio 315 Albemarle Avenue, SE Roanoke, VA 24013 uttarayogastudio.com Yin Yoga is the art of insightful relaxation, personal acceptance and contemplative awareness. Those who have experienced it are […]
Mastery is Just the Beginning
“Ten thousand hours of practice is required to achieve the level of mastery associated with being a world-class expert—in anything,” This is the 10,000 Hour Rule in a nutshell, as […]
We’re all biased and we can do something about it
I’m a straight white male, and I’m biased. I can’t help it. You’re biased too, and you can’t help it either. Even The Reverend Jesse Jackson, a black civil rights […]
Meditate and learn in color: Two anatomy coloring books reviewed
Why is everyone coloring? Like more and more people, I spent the winter coloring. According to recent research, coloring helps relieve stress by replacing negative images with positive ones, which […]
3 Tools for Your 2016 New Year’s Resolutions
The Predicament This time of year has the makings for lofty ambitions. December interrupts our exercise routines, and cookie and cake trays lurk everywhere. Many of us are stuck in […]
Were yoga’s ancient sages insane?
“Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” —George Box Our “reptilian brain” is the deepest and most fundamental part of the brain used by all animals from reptiles […]
Standing poses, the chakra system and body-mind support
For most yoga students, standing postures are critical poses to develop in their practice. The biggest muscle groups in the body are in the thighs and hips, and strengthening and […]
