Beginning a Yoga Practice: Expectations
I try to guide my students toward awareness of the changes they feel in their bodies and in their minds as their practice progresses. That’s where change happens. The superficial – what you or other people see on the outside – is a bonus.
Integrating Yoga philosophy into your practice
Are you honest with yourself about pain or discomfort in a posture? Do you ignore or push through to potential injury? Do you have a clear sense of your body’s structural limitations and do you embrace the willingness to modify or add props to support them? Honoring the truth about your body and your pain threshold cultivates a safe, stable, honest practice.
Yoga for Fibromyalgia
Doctors who treat Fibromyalgia and who want to offer their patients something other than pharmaceuticals often agree that Yoga, specifically the kindler, gentler approach of Restorative Yoga, offers several benefits:
How Personal is Your Practice? Some thoughts on Yoga and the work of Carl G. Jung
Can we use Jungian concepts about the development of the psyche to further our Yoga practice?
Yoga Basics: What is “OM?”
“With the sound OM we say everything.” – T.K.V. Desikachar, The Heart of Yoga: Developing a Personal Practice
Fire in the Belly: Manipura Chakra
Be extra aware of and nice to your “belly” this season – both with what you put in it that will help keep your agni, your digestive fires, balanced and active, but also, give some thought to the psychic force of the manipura chakra.
Your Home Yoga Practice: Making Space
The space you create at home for your yoga practice should be clean and free of distractions.
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