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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Stillness is the result of devoted practice and non-attachment. {YS 1.12} Practice is the effort of remaining present. {YS 1.13} With continuous, devoted practice for a long time, the practice becomes firmly rooted. {YS 1.14} Abhyasa/Practice. As a girl and young woman, the notion of…
Continue reading Practice Makes a Practice. My Abhyasa (r)evolution.
I recently entered a contest to win a copy of Carol Horton’s new book Yoga Ph.D. on It’s All Yoga Baby (IAYB). To enter, IAYB asked readers to answer the question “What is yoga to you?” in the comments. I answered straight from my heart.…
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The message reaches its destined recipient at the perfect moment. I know this is true. So often have I read, heard, talked about a concept for years before its real message hits me right as I need to hear it. On the other hand, so…
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For the past few months, I have been exploring the Kleshas in my public yoga classes. The Kleshas, as described by the Yoga Sutras, are five modes of being that interfere with our ability to reside in our true nature… joy, love, peace, bliss. As…
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I had such a rich, diverse crew of teachers at Ojai Yoga Crib. From the esoteric to the completely practical. I must admit that I studied the Crib schedule OBSESSIVELY to craft my dream itinerary, and it worked out even better than I could have…
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Hi Lovelies, I’ll be back with more goodness to share about Ojai Yoga Crib tomorrow (my sessions with Patricia Sullivan and Dana Trixie Flynn are still to come!), but for now… a few updates about my teaching schedule. My public class schedule is as follows:…
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Uma Krishnamurthy Goswami. Her session married total bhakti with serious scholarship. No kidding. She was a total task-master, asking questions (I answered! And correctly!), telling us to take notes, to sing louder, to smile! And she was also completely motivated by love. You could see her…
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Kira Ryder. She is love. So here’s the thing: the heart-opening-open-open-more-more-expand-up-up-up wave feels unsustainable to me. The universe knows this with its expansion-gravity symbiosis. The breath-body knows this with its exchanges of inhalation-exhalation (puraka-rechaka). The moon is not full all of the time. And I…
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Saul David Raye. I heard an interview with Saul David Raye on Yoga Peeps (seriously, if you haven’t listened to this podcast, you should start!) years ago and was struck by his purity of intention and sincerity for the practice. Like this man is for…
Continue reading Ojai Yoga Crib Love Notes, Part 3