Tag: Meditaiton
I wish I knew the beauty of leaves falling. To whom are we beautiful when we go? Excerpt from “Three In Transition” by David Ignatow And to whom are we beautiful as we go? This poem seems to point to the fact that even in our failing, there is a part of creation and therefore […]
I’ve opened and closed businesses, yoga studios . It’s stressful. So much to do, so many things that could possible go wrong. People often assume that because I teach yoga I never get stressed. I assure you, nothing could be further from the truth. I’ve co-taught Yoga for Anxiety courses in tandem with a licensed […]
On Busyness Are you busy? I’m busy. It seems like we’re all busy. And when your schedule is busy your mind is busy processing and planning and negotiating it all to make sure it gets done. And that is precisely the trapping of busyness: you get so harried, so scattered, that you can’t really focus […]
My teacher once said, “When you understand something all the way down to its root, you understand everything else.” This is one of those time-lapsed lessons, like a photo of the night sky, taken over several hours that shows you in one shot what actually takes a long time to occur. Enlightenment of […]
Whether we are new or seasoned practitioners, our objective in practice is always the same: to step up to the comfortable relationship with our edge. That invitation to step to our edge is so provocative! It suggests leaving the comfort of what we know and move toward our yet unknown greatness. Living On The Frontier […]
St. George, Utah is simultaneously sublime: red rocks, eternal desert wilderness trails, breathtaking desert landscapes, and amazingly close to Kolob canyon and Zions National Park, some of the most sublime natural landscape on the planet.
Samkhya, the ancient school of classical yoga philosophy, describes the universe and all its qualities using three main humors, called Gunas. These qualities are Rajas, Tamas, and Satva. Understanding these basic qualities, described by an ancient philosophy may help us to find balance in our own lives. The first Guna is Rajas and generally describes […]
