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Are You a REAL Yoga Teacher?

June 13, 2012 By Melody

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...]

Filed Under: 2012, Alexandria, corporate yoga, dharma mittra, Karma, kids yoga, meditation, office yoga, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

Dharma Whispering in my Head

June 7, 2012 By Melody

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...]

Filed Under: arlington, dharma mittra, home yoga, life, nothern virginia, washington dc, yoga, yoga asana, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

Happy Mind, Happy Life (sutra 1.33)

April 18, 2012 By Melody

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...]

Filed Under: arlington, healthy and happy, life, nothern virginia, washington dc, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga studios, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

Being Yoga (sutra 2.2 – 2.9)

April 1, 2012 By Melody

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...]

Filed Under: arlington, dharma mittra, flow, life, meditation, nothern virginia, nyc, washington dc, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga studios, yoga sutras, yoga teacher

Keep Rolling (sutra 1.13)

March 24, 2012 By Melody

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...]

Filed Under: dharma mittra, life, meditation, nyc, vision boards, washington dc, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga studios, yoga sutras

What is Yoga? (sutra 1.2)

January 13, 2012 By Melody

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...]

Filed Under: 2012, flow, health, life, meditation, yoga, yoga asana, yoga books, yoga philosophy, yoga sutras

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