Tag: Scott Moore Yoga
Yoga Nidra is the yoga of sleep. To be more specific, Yoga Nidra is learning to wake up to your utmost nature of being. Yet, not so ironically, there are some wonderful applications in Yoga Nidra that can also help you to achieve natural, peaceful, and nourishing sleep. Let me elaborate… The Yoga of Sleep […]
As a yoga and meditation instructor as well as jazz musician, I see parallels in both disciplines. One obvious connection is the notion of practice. Another is sourcing something deep inside of you to offer your best self out to the world. Just like Miles Davis did. Miles Davis was Miles Davis. He was always […]
You want to improve in your favorite sports, have more alertness and stamina at work, or be more present at home? Yoga is an amazing practice that can complement all of our other activities. So, here is the low-fi low-down on yoga. The word “Yoga” is a Sanskrit word that suggests union through yoking body, […]
The First Step For over a year I volunteered to teach a yoga class once a week to a group of men at a place called The First Step House. This was an institution established for men who had just come out of jail and who needed a positive first step into managing a new […]
Pilates has been the best supplementary practice to my yoga. Consider adding Pilates for different a complementary body, mind, spirit practice.
Turning Inward When it turns cold outside it’s time to come inside. The Medicine Wheel in Native American spirituality uses the direction north and the season of the winter to invite us to hibernate, draw inward, and reflect on our deeper and true wisdom. One way to think of this true wisdom is the instinctual […]
Is there an art of not doing?In a cultural climate that values production almost above anything else, how do we practice not doing? The Practice of Not Doing Relaxing is a practice. Relaxing is like any other practice: if you don’t do it regularly, you can lose your ability to do it well. Have […]
Sacred 3 History is replete with different forms of sacred trinities. How many different forms of the trinity can you think of? Off hand a few that come to mind are: body, mind, and spirit; earth, wind, and fire; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva; Shiva, Shakti, and Ganesh; Buddha, Sangha, Dharma; peanut […]
Why do we love tragedies? Why do we love a good cry? Why do we subject ourselves to it? I mean, really?! Why do we do it to ourselves? Why do we like things that aren’t all roses and laughs? Maybe it’s because what is most satisfying in life isn’t being happy. That’s what […]
Have you ever been in a tricky situation in life and wondered what you should do, where you should go or where the truth lies? Consider that you’re maybe experiencing the heat of holy transformation. The Heat of Transformation One good way of discerning truth in situations like this is to walk through the fire. […]
“Ring the bells that still can ring. Forget your perfect offering. There is a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” ~Leonard Cohen Brilliant. Like the grain of sand that makes becomes the oyster so too is the illness, the imperfection, or the improbable life-circumstances that beset us and therefore makes […]
Power of Intentions Intentions are powerful. Salkalpa is the Sanskrit word for our intention and could be compared to planting a seed. Just like a seed, we must be aware of what we are planting and nourish that seed to see that intention manifest in our world. Setting intentions has everything to do with what […]
The Cancer of Being Critical Not too many years ago our culture invented a word: Hater. I don’t think that word existed back in the lexicon of my parents. It was meant to mean someone who is often contrary not only to you and what you’re about but more often than not, chronically grumpy about […]
“You’re Not Doing It Right!” At a yoga retreat I was hosting a few years ago, a woman was humorously explaining that her 70 year-old father had just “discovered” yoga. She described him as a type-AAA personality— very analytical, a physicist or engineer or something—who had recently stumbled across a yoga DVD and had became […]
Life can be 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. This year I’ve co-taught two Yoga for Anxiety courses; not because “I never get stressed and here’s […]
