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free time and the modern yogi(ni)

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“viveka-khyatir-aviplava hana-upayah”
“The means of attaining cessation is the unceasing vision of discernment” – Yoga Sutra 2:26


“The first thing to do is to introspect.  Take stock of yourself and your habits, and find out what is standing in your way” – Paramahansa Yogananda, Where There Is Light


“Stillness is not the same as a void in activity, it’s more like a stabilizing strength” – Daniel J. Siegel, The Mindful Brain

Time off is relative I think.  Some folks get an entire summer “off”, some take a week or 2, some have long weekends.  For parents with children, is there really such a thing?  If you are self-employed, what does this mini expression actually mean? Continue reading →

Awareness and the Summer Yogi(ni)

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“If we want to make changes or improvements in our lives, we must first become conscious of what is going on now.  Learning to pay attention is the foundation for the development of a relationship with ourselves.” – Rachel Schaeffer, Yoga For Your Spiritual Muscles


“I imagine how a chemist would write the equation for mindfulness: concentration + calm + equanimity + rapture + energy + investigation = mindfulness.”  – Sylvia Boorstein,  Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There

Avoidance and the Modern Yogi(ni)

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“if you have a problem in your body, your body will naturally move away from it in order to avoid pain and discomfort”- Dr. Jason Skolar, chiropractor.


“tapah-svadhyaya-Isvara-pranidhanani kriya-yogah:
In order to practice being whole, an inner fire, constant study, and a devotion to things spiritual are required” – Patanjali Sutra 11.1, translation Kofi Busia


“By practicing yoga with a warrior’s courage and an infant’s vulnerability, we can embrace stiffness and flexibility, likes and loathings, the sunlit and moon-shadowed” – Ronnie Paul, Yoga With An Attitude, Yoga International Magazine Continue reading →

Transition and the Modern Yogi(ni)

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anitya-asuci-duhka-anatmasu-nitya-suci-sukha-atma-khyatih-avidya:  Ignorance is the confusion of the temporary with the permanent, the pure with the impure, anguish with the pleasure of being, and the relative with the absolute – Patanjali: Sutra 11.5, B. Bouanchaud, The Essence of Yoga


“If you are doing anything big and worthwhile in life, you are going to flush up some uncomfortable feelings” – G. Hendricks, K. Ludeman, The Corporate Mystic 


“It takes a brave heart to deeply accept that everything changes” – Judith Lasater, Living Your Yoga Continue reading →

zen and the art of summer living

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“A healthy life is a life in balance.  Yoga practise offers an opportunity for learning about dynamic balance.  Maintaining mind-body balance provides the best platform to make karmically correct choices, enabling you to perform actions in the most efficient way.  A life in balance is a life in dharma, for every action supports the evolutionary flow of life in which minimal resistance and maximum success are generated” – Deepak Chopra, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Yoga

Every summer I get new business as people injure themselves from some preventable situations…so I have decided to give some simple tips to keep everyone out of as much trouble as possible.  Life is so much easier if you do not ignore your weaknesses and/or add a bit of mindfulness to break out of auto-pilot. Continue reading →

Challenge and the Modern Yogini

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“Aversion is the consequence of displeasure
duhkhanusayi dvesah” -Patanjai- Yoga Sutra 11.8


“Repulsion, or aversion, is based on past experience and the mental permeation that follows it.  Whether conscious or not, it remains sealed in the memory, taking no account of the way the situation has evolved”. – Bernard Bouanchaud, The Essence of Yoga 


“Consistent asana and meditation practice will improve the way your energy flows, and this will change the way you experience yourself – transforming the way you perceive and relate to the world” – Erich Schiffmann, Yoga:  The Spirit and Practice of Moving Into Stillness Continue reading →

Where do I fit into YOGA? asks one reader…Q/A with the modern yogini

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“yoga is the ability to direct and focus mental activity” – Patanjali Yoga Sutra 1.2


“Yoga is a holistic system that affects multiple variables simultaneously.  There are hundreds of different tools in the yoga toolbox that can be combined in an almost infinite number of ways” – Timothy McCall, M.D. :  Yoga as Medicine  Continue reading →

mind-body connectionn

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I just came across this text in a pile of papers, maybe someone emailed it to me…I am not the author but cannot find who wrote it so if you read it and know, give me a head’s up; sharing it because it is a good reminder of our own power to inspire and be inspired, visualise, manifest, create. 

THE TONGUE CAN BE YOUR WORST ENEMY!
Your words, your dreams, and your thoughts have power to create conditions in your life.  What you speak about, you can bring about. Continue reading →