A Living, Breathing Practice
A group of friends and I have started to gather at my house monthly to take a deeper dive into Yoga than the kind we get when we go to the yoga studio or even when we do a teacher training.…
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The "GET OUT OF JAIL, FREE" Card
In my previous blog post, I described the fact that last Wednesday, I'd completed a project I'd co-run for the last six years, an Ashtanga Yoga program called Mission Ashtanga. I did so in…
Ashtang-ulous!
Earlier this week, I noticed that a bunch of my yoga friends on Facebook were commenting on some notes from a conference led by Sharath Jois . Sharath was giving a talk partly on sirsana…
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…
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…
Chit: Noticing What Is
In my previous entry , I discussed Sat-Chit-Ananda, an ancient yogic compound of three Sanskrit roots: sat , chit , and ananda , that describes the qualities of the experience of yoga. I…
Ashtanga Yoga: The Tradition and The Dogma
A few days ago, while a student was coming up from backbends, I noticed that she was breathless and grimacing. I asked her what was up. She said that her previous Ashtanga teacher…