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Where Is “Within”, And How Do You Get There?

Nikki Chau — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 07:15:03 +0000

I’m listening to this audio book called Catching the Big Fish, written and read by David Lynch. (I’m going through this period of looking for inspiration from the Art world, but more on that later.) This is what he says in the very first chapter, and I found his question totally intriguing: “Where is within? [...]

The Years Shall Run Like Rabbits

Nikki Chau — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:40:13 +0000

One of my favorite movies of all time is Before Sunrise, which I have seen so many times the disc is completely scratched up. One of the memorable scenes that seems to be permanently stuck in my mind is when Ethan Hawke’s character recites the poem As I Walked out One Evening by W.H. Auden.

‘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 [...]

Santosha, and Resistance and Acceptance

Nikki Chau — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:31:33 +0000

Talk about weird cosmic timing. I made a short video about Santosha a couple days ago, and today in my inbox, I received the latest blog post from Arnold Ilgner, the author of The Rock Warrior’s Way: Mental Training for Climbers about Resistance and Acceptance.

I absolutely enjoyed reading what Arnold had to say. He said [...]

Feel All Emotions

Nikki Chau — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:05:23 +0000

I have been reading A Year of Living Your Yoga: Daily Practices to Shape Your Life by Judith Lasater since December 2007 (thank you, Amazon Orders History). Every time I read the daily entry, I get a new perspective and insight.

Today, February 27, the entry reads:

If you want to embrace the light, you must also [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Yoga, or Transformation

Nikki Chau — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:41:58 +0000

Lately, it seems like the whole world is going stir-crazy on the commercialization of yoga, or debating what it is and what it’s not, and if it’s lost its soul. I have taken refuge in going back in time, as far as possible, and for some reason found some solace in reading what people who have [...]

Why I Teach Yoga

Nikki Chau — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:12:10 +0000

(I wrote about this in February in a different blog. It was true then, and it’s still true now, so I’ll write about it again )

I’ve been doing some research on Seattle yoga studios and as a result been reading a lot of yoga instructor biographies. More often than not, there would be [...]

Today and Tomorrow

Nikki Chau — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:19:09 +0000

During check-in time at my 500-hr training this weekend, there’s a general consensus that we are all really busy. “Call me in September”, someone said, and the class nodded in agreement.

I have been in massive planning mode, and for sure can feel the pressure of “more faster”. It was perfect timing when I came across [...]