[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2iSYw9bdkU]Want to take your backbends deeper? Come into your quadriceps, lengthen your side body, plug-in the shoulders and ~BOOOOOOM!~ open your heart. Blessings to you all, Kelly
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FK9PCgn2uCU] Why do you practice yoga? In today’s video, I attempt to answer this question. Tell me, dears, why do you return to your mat day after day, year after year? OM. Kelly
How often? How long? What does it look like? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m-e1H7cCXc]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YYhklIR7Y] blessings, dear yogis. today’s video features a short sequence for the hips. i practiced this sequence every day for a number of months in 2006 and it REALLY helped me appreciate micro-movements in this tight area. a few more of my REALLY tight hip…
Continue reading Day 23– Sequence for REALLY tight hips
[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.
Dears, This video may ramble a bit, but I’m just musing about Aparigraha, the fifth Yama (moral restraint)… non-possessiveness. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jxs8EQaexE] As a review, the focus of the Yamas is as follows: Ahimsa: non-violence, Satya: truth, Asteya: non-stealing, Brahmacharya: moderation, & Aparigraha: non-hoarding. Ahimsa is the…
Continue reading Day 21~~ Aparigraha. Don’t hoard your divine Self!
Blessings of LOVE, dear ones. If you have ever toyed with the idea of bringing meditation into your practice, but need help preparing and focusing, then this is the video for you. Today’s video introduces part 1 of the metta meditation (or loving-kindness meditation). We…
Continue reading Day 20– Loving loving-kindness
Blessings, dear ones. There will of course be a video post today (it is presently uploading to YouTube), but I have been compelled to write for days and had a bit of inspiration during practice this morning that I wanted to share while it was…
Continue reading On Finding Comfort in Discomfort
I have new neighbors. They are giving me many opportunities to practice the yoga…like in this story. Have a beautiful weekend! Blessings of LOVE. Kelly [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qn-Y73_9A1M]
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCbOylkdxkY] BLESSINGS of love, Today’s video features some alignment techniques designed to bring your standing and balancing postures into full bloom. Try these out on Virabhadrasana i,ii, & iii (warriors i,ii, & iii); Utthita Parsvakonasana (extended lateral angle); and Ardha Chandrasana (half moon). Do you…
Continue reading Day 18– Firing Up your Standing Postures