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Monthly Archives: August 2010
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika
One of the requirements of this yoga teacher training program is to read 4 different yoga books, then submit a brief report/reflection on each one. I have finished my second required text: The Hatha Yoga Pradipika. So here is my … Continue reading
Yoga Rap
I mentioned in the 8/29/10 Core Session post that I wrote and performed a rap as part of a presentation on the niyama of saucha, and I offered to share the lyrics. So, here you go. :) Saucha An original … Continue reading
Strong Warrior, Calm Warrior, Open Warrior
After a full weekend of visiting teacher yoga, this afternoon I still had my “regularly scheduled” teacher training program session to attend. Fortunately, this afternoon was a pretty darn cool session. :) We started the class by examining two different-but-similar … Continue reading
Posted in Core Session, yoga
Tagged asanas, music, niyamas, philosophy, poses, tantra
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Outtakes
As I was reviewing my notes from this yoga-intensive weekend, I saw quite a few items that didn’t make it into the final cut of blog posts. But they are still cool, interesting, random snippets; so here’s a little post … Continue reading
Yoga and Self-Love
Visiting instructor Class #3: Yoga and Love. Wow. Two themes weaved throughout the class: Love is available to us all. But. Instead of searching for love, we instead just need to open; instead of seeking and trying to track and … Continue reading
A youth-focused yoga session
I ain’t gonna lie: I am a little bit sore today. But – I want to emphasize the “little bit” part, because it is important. A few months ago, I likely would have been wildly sore after a workout like … Continue reading
Yoga Miracles
It’s been over a week since I’ve been to yoga. God, I’ve missed it. And tonight’s class – nay, experience – was a phenomenal re-entry. Tonight I attended my first (of four) visiting teacher weekend classes. The visiting instructor I … Continue reading
Let Go and Lighten Up
It feels like it’s been a long time since I’ve attended a core session. And in fact, it’s been a month since my last one. I’ve missed them! For the first hour of class today, we explored two closely-related poses: … Continue reading
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Tagged asanas, insight, inversion, meditation, twists, yamas
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It’s all just so weird!
Tonight’s tech class was just weird; there is no better way to describe it. I don’t know if I will be able to fully articulate the strangeness that I felt during this session, but I’ll try. Here goes. This was … Continue reading
