As part of the 2012 Arts Festival Day at an elementary school in Alexandria, VA, my yoga teacher-friend Brittanie DeChino and I volunteered to do a few yoga demonstrations to third, fourth and fifth-graders. We taught them sound breathing (a breathing technique we learned from our teacher Sri Dharma Mittra), sun salutations, balancing poses, partner yoga and a few other fun things. It was a nice change from my daily office yoga gigs. At the end of each 20-minute presentation, we opened it up … [Read more...]
Dharma Whispering in my Head
Sutra 1.2, as I blogged here, defines yoga as stilling the fluctuations of the mind. Yet it is sutra 2.1 starts to address what yoga practice is all about. Accepting pain as help for purification, study and surrender to the Supreme Being constitute Yoga practice. sutra 2.1 This sutra really offers up the nitty-gritty of yoga and clearly demonstrates that yoga is so much more than just asana. Of course, depending on one's intention, an asana practice can (and should) contain discipline, … [Read more...]
Happy Mind, Happy Life (sutra 1.33)
I opened my last post the exact same way...yoga studios in the Northern Virginia/DC area these days are showing up on every corner, becoming as commonplace as Starbucks. Overall it's an awesome trend. I love seeing more people sharing yoga and creating a positive impact in the community. I believe those teachers and studios who "practice what they preach" will succeed. I also believe it will be rough for those opening the doors with expectations of high financial returns (particularly since … [Read more...]
Being Yoga (sutra 2.2 – 2.9)
With yoga studios popping up on every corner in Washington, DC and Arlington, VA these days, there's definitely a lot of talk about going to yoga. Jump online or open a magazine and you are sure to find talk about doing yoga. Stand in the midst of voices buzzing at your local coffee shop and you'll hear people chatting "Do you do yoga? I do yoga. I'm going to yoga. I went to yoga." Blah, blah, blah. On my morning dog walk yesterday it hit me that I don't do yoga and I surely don't go to … [Read more...]
Keep Rolling (sutra 1.13)
Effort toward steadiness is practice. sutra 1.13 I get this sutra when it comes to asana practice. I get this sutra when it comes to mountain biking, running and tackling my vision board/goals. What I hadn't quite applied it to until now is my writing. In order for my blogging to be consistent, my journaling needs to be consistent. Daily --- just a like a daily asana practice. The Yoga Sutras weren't shared thousands of years ago in reference to writing or mountain biking but here's the … [Read more...]
What is Yoga? (sutra 1.2)
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...]
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