So I just took a month off from writing blog posts. It wasn’t intentional, but perhaps it was a much needed break. Writing these posts has become one of the ways that I practice teaching, and every teacher needs to take a sabbatical from time to time. At least that’s one way of looking at [...]
”A Yogi measures the span of his life not by the number of years but by the number of his breaths.” – Sri Swami Sivananda
One of the commonly asked questions that people will ask me is how old I am. Honestly, I tend to forget (and it’s not from senility haha). [...]
So this week I thought I’d share a recipe that is dear to my heart (and stomach). This is a dynamite recipe and it’s one that I’ve been making for over a decade. I’ve served this dish to my family on numerous occasions, mainly because it gets a lot of encores. I’ll [...]
I’m at the end of a full-tilt kind of a day. I’ve been traveling and it’s been one of those days when it seems like there’s no time to eat and lollygaggers are EVERYWHERE that I’m trying to walk. Sounds, smells and sensations appear to be more amplified which can wear a [...]
So this week I received an email from a man who recently became a yoga instructor. He was very curious about Slow Yoga and Downshifting. Here’s a little of what I wrote to him:
Thank you for your interest in Slow Yoga! This project was born one year ago and I [...]
This week I thought I’d get a little heady and talk about our perception of time. I’ve been discussing this with some of my friends who have various meditation backgrounds and I thought I’d open up the conversation to see who else might jump on board.
So what is our perception of time? On a [...]
So this week I learned about something that I think is really cool. I found out about it from one of my friends and of course now I’m telling my friends and family about it. I’ll be really upfront with you that I have an ulterior motive in sharing this, which is [...]
So I thought I’d share the story of when I first started practicing yoga. I’ll be honest with you that I didn’t like it AT ALL and left that first class thinking that yoga just wasn’t for me. I was twenty three and this was back before yoga became popular. I was living in Maine [...]
So let’s get physical and talk about combining asana with Western exercise. One question that people tend to ask me is I lift weights or do cardio in addition to my home practice. I’ll get into that as well how to avoid some common mistakes that I’ve seen people make in gym settings. I’ll also [...]
I’ve been fighting a head cold for the past few days but I still wanted to write a short article for this week. Sickness is one of the obstacles on the Yogic path (although being sick does have a remarkable way of keeping you in the present moment). Despite my best efforts [...]
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