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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 [...]

Relax and Renew ™ Restorative Yoga Training with Judith Hanson Lasater Roundup

Nikki Chau — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:19:31 +0000

Greetings from San Francisco! This week I’m in a 5-day Restorative Yoga Teacher Training with Judith Hanson Lasater at Yoga Tree SF in the Castro. Today is the last day of the training, which has gone by too fast, which is always the case for me when I see Judith. (For those of you who’s [...]

Seattle Yoga News – Sanskrit & Yoga Philosophy Study Group with Kathryn Payne

Nikki Chau — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 01:51:40 +0000

One thing I started to realize as I got further and further in my yoga studies is the opportunities for me to practice Asana, and even Pranayama, are disproportionate in relation to the opportunities to delve into more esoteric subjects, such as reading the Ancient texts, and writing and pronouncing Sanskrit. (To be fair, not [...]

Study Sanskrit in Seattle with Kathryn Payne

Nikki Chau — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:57:16 +0000

Two years ago, when I decided that I would enroll in a yoga teacher training, I had no idea that I would be learning Sanskrit. Quite frankly, I didn’t even know such a thing existed, that’s how “not with it” I was. And now, I cannot be more glad to have been exposed to this [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

State of The Union in Nikki Yoga News, March 2010

Nikki Chau — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:05:39 +0000

Here in Seattle, there’s an indie alternative newspaper called The Stranger, wherein there’s a column called Last Days, which accounts for notable news of the last days in the last week, and it’s the inspiration for this blog’s format in Nikki Yoga News (NYN).

My Heart Will Go On The 2nd installment of Intro to Yoga at [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Goal vs. Intention – Yoga Teacher to Yoga Teacher

Nikki Chau — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:41:46 +0000

This is another video in the New Yoga Teacher to New Yoga Teacher series, part of my work to support new yoga teachers. Here I talk about how to deal with both good days and bad days, and yes, they do happen. As they say about riding and laying down a motorcycle: it’s not a [...]