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Tag Archives: niyamas
Want versus need
As I have mentioned in earlier posts, one of the requirements of my teacher training program involves mentorship. Two weeks ago I completed my first mentor observation; today I completed my second (and final) one. Detailed (and lengthy) notes from … Continue reading
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Tagged acceptance, awareness, insight, intention, mentor, niyamas, overwhelming, philosophy, teaching, union
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Yoga ethics
Lately I have been having tech sessions and class sessions that have been lecture- or discussion-based instead of movement- or experience-based; today that trend continued. This morning I had a tech session titled “Yamas and Niyamas on the Mat”. If … Continue reading
The yoga trio: body, heart, mind
This afternoon I had another core yoga session, where we went through two poses, a niyama, and some Sanskrit. It was an information-intense session; but overall, a good one. The first pose we did was Cow-Face Pose (Gomukhasana). The pose … Continue reading
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Tagged asanas, awareness, niyamas, personal truth, poses, Sanskrit, union
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Seriously?
I had a core yoga session today – and it just wasn’t very good. And it pains me to say that, for a variety of different reasons: First and foremost, I don’t like to be negative. I have spent too … Continue reading
Illness, Irritation, Illumination – oh, and Iyengar
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t feeling very good for much of the day today (tired, headache, feverish), and one of the last things I wanted to do tonight was go to a yoga tech session. I was concerned that I … Continue reading
A day of tapas
And no, I do not mean those small tasty Mexican appetizers. Tapas is defined as “heat”, “fire”, “austerity” – basically, disciplining oneself to overcome frustration and angst, and to accept that which we may not necessarily “like”, in order to … Continue reading
Exploring the limits of contentment
This afternoon was a core instruction session, and it followed the usual structure: asana (pose) examination, niyama (ethics) exploration and conversation, and yoga topic lecture/teaching. We examined two poses today, actually: Extended Side Angle, and Revolved Side Angle. While the … 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
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Tagged asanas, music, niyamas, philosophy, poses, tantra
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Everything happens for a reason.
I’m a firm believer that there are no “accidents” in life; that everything that occurs does so for one reason or another. I’ll be honest, I didn’t do too much “research” in choosing my yoga teacher training program. I did … Continue reading
