The Power of 1%
Most of us come to Yoga looking for something. Initially we come to get in shape or to calm down. With time, however, we start to experience something blossoming within us that is powerful…
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Serving Our Students
Yoga teachers constantly must ask themselves how the practices they teach serve and support their students and the lives they lead today. So much of what we see in the marketplace of Yoga…
The Missing Ingredient
Most people approach spiritual practices the same way they do everything else in their lives; they wait and hope that one day it will all turn out. "If I can just hold a headstand for three…
Five Element Series Part 5: Air Element
The air element is the source of all mobility. It feels light and clear. It is the place of spirit and of spirituality, the place where the yogis and saints reach for. It is also the place…
Five Elements Series Part 4: The Ether Element and Curiosity
Ether has no form. Its essence is emptiness. It is the space the other four elements arise in and pass away in.
Five Elements Series Part 3: The Five Elements in History
Many societies and cultures previously embraced the five elements as a mode or model of categorizing what they saw, both out in the world and within their own psyches. They named their…
Five Elements Series Part 2: Getting Unstuck
We all face discomfort on the mat, whether in the body, emotionally, or in the mind. As soon as we have the sense that something is askew, we can’t help but say, "I don't like this…
Five Elements Series Part 1: Intro
In this blog, I am offering up the five elements as a lens to explore our yoga practices. I practice and teach Ashtanga Yoga, and while I realize that the five elements is not necessarily…
The Age of the Guru is Over…Now What?- Part 3
This is the third part in a three-part series. In the first post , we explored the traditional relationship of the guru and disciple. In the second post , I made the argument that this…
The Age of the Guru is Over…Now What?- Part 2
This is second part in a three-part series. In the previous posting , we explored what the traditional relationship of guru and disciple was like. In this postings, we'll examine how this…
The Age of the Guru is Over…Now What?- Part 1
This afternoon I’ve been perusing various Youtube videos on Ashtanga Yoga looking for inspiration when all of a sudden I got what I was looking for. I came across this video in which…
Yoga in India is Not the Same as Yoga in the West
It's my opinion that the method of awakening for a classical Indian seeker is not the same for a Westerner. And so as teachers in the West, it is critical that we translate the teachings of…