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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]