You’ve probably heard of the Monkey Mind, or the Poodle Brain, that restless mind of ours that goes and goes, even when we sincerely beg it, “Stop, just please, for a minute or two, just stop.” Wherever we are, in a meeting, lying down in Savasana, sitting in meditation, the Monkey Mind is running, dancing, [...]
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As modern yoga seekers, we are often bombarded with a million pieces of information about yoga, sometimes some of them downright contrast with each other. In this post I want to talk about two seemingly opposing viewpoints: the importance and unimportance of the fourth branch of Patanjali’s Classical Yoga: the Asanas. One thing that you may have [...] My teacher Kathryn Payne said that every yoga studio should have an anatomically correct human skeleton, and I cannot agree more. Honestly, for a while, I avoided looking or touching Slim, the skeleton at Taj Yoga where I study, because … ahem, don’t laugh, but I was really scared of him, or I was scared of [...] The red and yellow and orange leaves outside are so amazing right now that I don’t even mind the colder weather (yet). The dog days of summer may be behind us this year, but fear not, Seattle yogaites, there is still plenty of ease and joy to experience in our body and mind with the [...] If you’ve ever taken a Yoga Teacher Training from Pacific Yoga or a Sanskrit Weekend workshop in Seattle, you know Kathryn Payne. Otherwise, you may not have heard of her because she tends to fly below the radar, enjoying the island life on Vashon Island. If you don’t live on an island (and yes, let’s forget for [...] I’ve had my car for over four years. After countless rock climbing road trips up and down the West coast, and crossing quite a few state and county lines this past August, my odometer is racking up some major mileage. I started noticing my car wanting to drift towards one side, and my brother pointed out [...] Greetings from Feathered Pipe Ranch, Montana. I’m currently half way through the Experiential Anatomy Teacher Training with Judith Lasater, who’s also the author of Yogabody: Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Asana. Apart from the beautiful setting, awesome food, and great people, the workshop is proving invaluable to my growth as a yoga student, teacher, and human being. In her [...] My teacher Theresa once said, “as yogis, we are flexible, and yet can be very tight”. This is certainly very true for me and my calves. I have been looking closely at the anatomy of the lower leg lately, due to a recent knee injury, and my ankles have always been weak, thanks to years of [...] But I’m Supposed to Be Good at This Stuff When I began my teacher training certification, I had been doing yoga for a good decade and some change. I started going to yoga class at a health club during my sophomore year in high school at the age of 15, and went through a whirlwind tour [...] In our Skills in Asana class with Theresa this morning, we worked on Handstand, and the preparation for Handstand is Tadasana, so we spent some time working on that. I will add that the regular students in this class are yoga teachers, and you will probably think, “What are yoga teachers doing practicing Tadasana? What’s there [...] |
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