Sweet Kula, Hello! I’ve received several messages lately requesting book lists, so I’m putting together a few year on the blog. As I’ve mentioned many times here, in class and on social media, BOOKS ARE VITAL to my practice and process. When I invite a…
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Hello beloveds, For Episode 146 of Samadhi Rush, I am sharing my thoughts about my summer practice. If you’ve been reading my blog or listening to the podcast through a few season-changes, you may already know this, but I am deeply influenced by seasonal shifts.…
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Hello my loves, I have very wonderful news! HarperCollins and I are giving one of you a copy of BKS Iyengar’s most recent (released today! January 29th) book, Core of the Yoga Sutras: The Definitive Guide to the Philosophy of Yoga. According to HarperCollins: Iyengar has devoted his…
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Hello Dears, Do you have any Yoga (or yogic) books you return to time and time again? Or those you recommend to anyone taking up the practice? I sure do. I think these are absolutely essential to the Yoga Library. 1. Philosophy: Bhagavad Gita & Yoga…
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This weekend, I had a bit of free time to watch a film that had been on my mind for quite some time. Enlighten Up! is a movie I first heard about on the Visions of Cody podcast several years ago. The premise behind Kate…
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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2tbIs05BGA] Books! The Little Book of Hindu Deities by Sanjay Patel Heart Steps by Julia Cameron Chakra Meditations by Swami Saradananda Nothing Exists that is Not Siva by Swami Muktananda Magazines: Yoga Journal Peace & LOVE, kelly.
Too often, we strive and strive, we judge ourselves harshly, we set expectations for our bodies that result in the accumulation of more tension and dis-ease in the body-mind-soul. Judith Lasater’s beautiful book Relax and Renew– Restful Yoga for Stressful Times provides an antidote for the…
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As moving as the Yoga Sutras are, the text can be a bit esoteric at times. For this reason, I love to have annotated versions or comments on the principles of yoga that share my twenty-first century frame of reference. One such gem is Meditations…
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Namaskar, dear readers! As you may have noticed, I’ve made a few changes to the Samadhi Rush: Whole Yoga for the Whole Yogi blog. In addition to posting asana sequences on a weekly basis, I plan to add a few new regular posts this spring.…
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