After spending this past weekend with Sri Dharma Mittra, I am convinced there is no reason to travel to India or some far away land to experience the best of yoga. Teaching yoga since 1967, Sri Dharma founded the first independent school of yoga in NYC in 1975 and is known internationally as the "Teachers' Teacher". Smack in the heart of Manhattan, he has been sharing the secrets of success not just in yoga but in life. As he stated on Sunday, there are just four things you need to do to … [Read more...]
Taking a Break
As a small business owner (i.e. full-time traveling yoga teacher), I'm often asked "How are you able to take vacation?" Or sometimes it sounds like "Won't your office yoga /corporate clients find another instructor?" and "Aren't you worried your private yoga clients will be upset?" Honestly, I'm always baffled by this type of question Part of a yoga teacher's job is to help people feel better. Better is a simple term for a world of sensations such as healthy, grounded, energized, … [Read more...]
How I Love Teaching Office Yoga
Last week I was grateful to teach a series of office yoga sessions for a huge global real estate company with several DC locations as part of their employee health & wellness program. After spending three days in a row in Bethesda (Tues), Washington, DC (Wed) and Tysons Corner (Thurs) teaching the benefits of yogic breathing and movement (yoga asana) in conference rooms, I realized a few things: Yoga is accessible to everyone, anywhere, anytime. In these office yoga sessions I actually … [Read more...]
Santosha – Discovered in a Bad Yoga Class
"By contentment, supreme joy is gained." sutra 2.42 "Niyama consists of purity, contentment, accepting but not causing pain, study, and self-surrender. sutra 2.32 Santosha is Sanskrit for contentment. The word contentment/santosha is first mentioned in The Yoga Sutras among the list of five niyamas (sutra 2.32). Side note: My take on the niyamas is they guide our internal compass. They're ethical principles (or observances) that strengthen our character and guide us to live life in the … [Read more...]
2012: A Year of Challenge
With permission I have copied & pasted Sri Dharma Mittra's latest message from the Dharma Yoga Center 12/31/2011 newsletter. I admit it's a lot to take in. My suggestion: Read it here, then print it to have on hand so you can reread it several times, contemplate upon it and decide what it means for you. Enjoy! HAPPY NEW YEAR! A Message from Dharma: All suffering and pain experienced on the material plane is for the purpose of purification - the gradual cleaning … [Read more...]
WOW! for today
After the OM's and Namaste in my lunchtime office Vinyasa Yoga class yesterday, I reminded the group that Friday is our monthly Yin Yoga class. One of my students responded with an unpleasant facial expression stating "by that time I'll have already been up 9+ hours". I was like "WOW!". Though my simple one word response was filled with internal depth. I was not only hearing from her how much she was dreading Friday but sensing the anxiety/dread of how much that day is already setting the … [Read more...]
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