Things are simple. Things are complicated. Things are simple again. Yoga is much like a Mobius, I think. It has a way of turning back in on itself over and over again. Sometimes the body itself informs be about life. And sometimes life informs me…
Continue reading Liminal Space// Finding Meaning in Movements
{This is the beginning of a series of posts distilling a conversation I have been having with and listening to in the contemplative community.} When I’m giving answers rather than asking questions, my opportunity to grow diminishes. I just scrapped a post I was…
Continue reading Dogma is Boring
When I teach, I’m learning. I’m working it out myself. It is my absolute wish and practice that the words that come out are born of the moment. This week, while talking about Metta/ Loving Kindness and radical forgiveness during community meditation at Heart Fire,…
Continue reading Knowing/ The Next Step Will Beckon You
By cultivating attitudes of friendliness toward those who are happy, compassion to those who are suffering, delight toward the virtuous and equanimity toward detractors, one’s thoughts are purified and the obstacles to self-realization are lessened. {Yoga Sutra 1.33} We are still working through Yoga Sutra…
Continue reading Objectivity, Compassion and Equanimity as Acts of Self-love
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…
Continue reading Sight. An exploration of the Kleshas.
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…
Continue reading Ojai Yoga Crib Love Notes, Uma Krishnamurthy Goswami
Today’s class is 90 minutes of all-levels hatha flow. We explore tapas, or self-discipline. Tapas is one of the foundations of practice, as described by Yoga Sutra 2.1 and one of the Niyamas, or personal observances. I hope you love it. I have been…
Continue reading Tapas! Heat! 90 MINUTE HATHA FLOW
Blessings, dear friends. At last! A new episode! Since last we gathered here, I have moved, vacationed and taught lots and lots of fun (for me!) classes around Portland. I have missed you and am glad to be back. Today’s class is 90 minutes of…
Continue reading Episode 74– Tapas!
I am unbelievably grateful for my daughter. Simply being a mother has stretched me in ways I never knew existed, has tired me in places I scarcely knew I had, but above all has illuminated a way of being, a way of loving that has…
Continue reading Parenting the grateful & joyful way.
The smile on students’ faces as they leave their mat and take that love-peace-contentment out into their worldly interactions. The air is dense with intention. The eyes are light with love. The illusory separations between “you” and “me” have faded away. It is my intention…
Continue reading One of the Many Reasons I Teach Yoga