Yoga with Nikki Chau » Meditation

Sexy Yoga and Meditation

Nikki Chau — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 04:15:12 +0000

Okay, I admit it, the word “sexy” didn’t need to be in the title of this post. I literally spent at least five minutes trying to figure out how to work the words “sexy” or “hot” in with the words “meditation”, to no avail.

I suppose that’s why meditation, or Patanjali’s Dhyāna, gets nowhere near the attention [...]

10 Days of Silence: Is a Vipassana Boot-camp For You?

Nikki Chau — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:20:59 +0000

Last year, I went on a 10-day Vipassana mediation retreat. The word “retreat” may conjure up images of sandy beaches, blue ocean water, luxurious bed linens, and faraway lands. This was not one of those. I woke up every morning at 4:30 a.m. and sat for 12 hours a day on a cushion on a [...]

A Moment of Living in the Moment

Nikki Chau — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:42:19 +0000

I am writing this post with fast and furious fingers and sweaty palms, quite possibly from my morning coffee or the bright spring sunshine walloping all of Seattle right now. I am also experiencing a ginormous sense of overwhelm. Not overwhelm in the common sense of being eaten alive by to-do lists, but overwhelm in the [...]

Four by Four, Sit by Sit

Nikki Chau — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:25:50 +0000

Alright, it’s March! That means the First Nikki Challenge 28-Day Sit-off Meditation Competition is ovar! How’d it go for you? As you recall the rules were minimal. All I asked was for you to sit. That’s it! 60 seconds, 60 minutes, it didn’t matter. The goal was to create a habit, and as all of us [...]

The Seed of Yoga

Nikki Chau — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:41 +0000

This past weekend during my 500-hour teacher training, Denise Carrico came to talk to us about teaching yoga for people with cancer. Denise is a yoga teacher in the Integral tradition who has been teaching yoga for 20+ years and for people with cancer for 12 years at Seattle Cancer Lifeline in Phinney Ridge and [...]

Resources for Beginning Meditation

Nikki Chau — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:49:11 +0000

Over the years, I’ve listened to and read a lot of books on meditation (because, um, you know, reading and thinking about something is almost like really doing it ).

These are my top three books/audiobooks for Meditation for Beginners (and I do think we’re beginners for a very long time).

The beginner’s guide to meditation [...]

SOS – Sit-off Meditation Competition Sponsors

Nikki Chau — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:39:50 +0000

Have you heard of the Meditation Competition? Are you doing the Sit-off? If so, let these awesome business know and enjoy the generous discounts they’ve offered. Do you know a business who would like to and should participate? Are you one yourself? Please let me know and join in!

10% off at Village Green Yoga

I am [...]

Sit, Human, Sit! Good Human

Nikki Chau — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:52:49 +0000

Last November, I announced a Meditation Competition–a Sit-off, if you will–as a response to the debate on Yoga Competition (or more accurately, Asana Competition).

It was a joke, that is, until now. I’m calling a Sit-off, and this time, it’s for real.

The competition is not who you think, though. We won’t have anyone judging your posture, [...]

An Open Letter of Grace

Nikki Chau — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:21:21 +0000

One of my favorite authors, Bill Bryson, once wrote:

Welcome. And congratulations. I am delighted that you could make it. Getting here wasn’t easy, I know. In fact, I suspect it was a little tougher than you realize.

…

To be here now; alive in the twenty-first century and smart enough to know it, you also had to [...]

Why I Do Yoga

Nikki Chau — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 21:07:43 +0000

I am often asked why I do yoga, and I often say, “so I can sit”, an answer that often elicits laughter, the kind that you would get when you give a smart-ass answer to a serious question.

Admittedly, it’s a bit of a smart-ass answer, and on the surface, it might look like one of [...]