Over my years as a yoga instructor and yoga practitioner, a vital core of my practice has been meditation. Long before I started a yoga practice I had studied eastern philosophies and was interested in meditation. Always eager to learn I would sign up for classes and workshops on all sorts of meditations: guided, silent,… Continue reading Yoga And Meditation
Month: December 2012
Welcome 2013!
Well I have to say I am pretty excited to put 2012 behind me and jump into 2013 with an open heart and positive attitude about growth, prosperity and true abundance. My resolution or intention for the year ahead is to hold peace in my heart, in my home, in my work and in my… Continue reading Welcome 2013!
Teach Love
It seems a mini-avalanche of blogs have begun... it started with Becca's "Let's Get Physical", which was responded with La La's "Take It Personally", which led to Meizac's "Piece Of Meat". My heart cries for these women. For all women. But it cries for men too. What kind of society have we created? What kind… Continue reading Teach Love
The Final Step: Ultimate Bliss
Our final step on the eight fold path of yoga is called Samadhi. This has been referred to as ultimate peace, bliss or oneness with the universe. It is like meditation, but exists in every moment. A place of enlightment, liberation and the place we come to after devoting our life to the other seven… Continue reading The Final Step: Ultimate Bliss
The Seventh Step: Meditate
As we come to the seventh step, I realize we have almost completed this journey through the eight-fold-path of yoga! The sixth step was concentration and focus, so our next step is when those efforts are no longer efforts, and you are just present in the ceaseless waves of pure experience and presence. This is Dhyana, or… Continue reading The Seventh Step: Meditate
The Gentle Way of Hatha 