Pure coincidence...3 years ago I wrote a blog post with the exact same title "what is yoga?" Clearly, this is a popular writing because I also blogged on the thought "what is yoga?" back in 2007 too (read it here). The 3rd time is a charm, right? Staying with the commitment I stated in my last blog post, 2012 is my year for digging deeper into my yoga book studies starting with The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Given I touched on yoga sutra 1.1 in the previous post, it seems logical to move to … [Read more...]
Karma Yoga Defined
Yoga is Sanskrit for the word union. Yoga means uniting body, mind and soul. Yoga also means uniting with other souls. This to me is where Karma Yoga comes in. A main component of my yoga teacher training with Sri Dharma Mittra is Karma Yoga. So beyond just performing my hours of karmic duty to fulfill my training requirements, I've been really thinking a lot about how so many small and daily actions can be considered Karma Yoga. Karma Yoga is defined as selfless service. When selfless … [Read more...]
Lip Balm Panic
Life is all about change, right? And yoga teaches us how to be agile (and oh so graceful) as we surf the flow of change -whether we are in an asana class, literally surfing the Pacific (go Michelle!) or just trying to get through life. In other words, yoga shows us how to be with change and ride it verses resist it and run. I believe this concept so much that I talked about riding change and its challenges on Monday morning during the yoga class I taught to the City of Alexandria Fire … [Read more...]
Time to Pause
This summer I was planning to have a lot of time on my hands, or a lot more than usual I should say. I created a long "to do" list to tackle June-August. I will spare you the details; highlights only: write/blog more ---clearly the blog has been neglected. Though I've been writing, I can't seem to find the time to transfer my writings from paper to computer. revamp my website ---abellaYoga.com is in dire need of a face lift. Of course, the process so far of interviewing marketing/web … [Read more...]