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Eka Pada Koundinyasana. It’s one of those poses that you see on the cover of yoga journal, performed by someone smiling peacefully (and seemingly in no state of stress or panic) that makes you go, “Huh? Riiiiiiiiiight.” As my boyfriend said with alarm upon seeing this picture to the left, “Jesus! That is not good!” (Photo courtesy of Yoga Journal.) But despite it’s daunting appearance, there are accessible roads into this seemingly impossible position.
Eka Pada Koundinyasana #1 (there are two versions of this pose) is not only an arm balance, it’s also a deep twist. To warm up the body effectively, [read more...]
Last Thursday evening, I attended a talk by Reginald Ray, founder of Dharma Ocean and tantric buddhist practitioner.
He spoke about the intimacy and the power (and terror) of really Seeing another person.
What is Seeing? It’s when we strip away the filters through which we most often see the world and take the time and space to witness what is actually before us. Usually we half-ass our seeing. I look at my partner, but what I’m really seeing is what I expect to. I impose upon him everything that I think a partner is, or should be, or what my own expectations [read more...]
So it’s New Years. So you made a resolution. What is it this year?
I’ll share my typical checklist:
-lose five pounds
-go to yoga EVERY DAY
-finish writing book
-resolve all unresolved psychological issues
-do something really important that will make everyone love me
Hmmmmm. Lofty, anyone?
Resolutions are excellent. They invite us to visualize, set intentions, make goals. Like many of us, I love the idea of a clean slate. From this brilliantly cleared slate, my life is an open book with nowhere to move but forward into greater and loftier etheric realms of evolution. [read more...]
Are you a stiff old guy? You know, tight hamstrings, tight lower back? You like lifting weights but now you can’t touch your toes? Never fear, Yoga For Old Stiff Guys can help. All you need is a wall. Great for younger guys on their way to becoming stiff oldies. Take twenty minutes and start to loosen up. With music designed just for you. Yoga for Stiff Guys with music. Or with no music. Just you and me, baby. Yoga for Stiff Guys without [read more...]
Start your day on the right foot. Here’s ten minutes to work out the kinks, focus your mind, and make your body happy. If you’re a grouch in the AM, take ten minutes to reset your mood. Great as an afternoon pick-me-up, too. Your co-workers will thank you. Yoga for Waking Up with music. If you’d rather have you wake up call without music: Yoga for Waking Up without [read more...]
Take Five! Just five minutes can go a long ways to undoing the repetitive stress of your desk job. Open your shoulders, protect your wrists, take a couple breath, and stop the slouching. Do five, feel better. Includes some sassy music. Take Five with music. If you like your work break straight up, Take Five [read more...]
Here’s 11 minutes of yoga for your favorite grandma. With or without some grandma friendly music in the background. The entire series is seated in a chair, so the practitioner can rest easy knowing that she will remain stable. Easy movements and attention to the breath will help keep joints mobile, the breath strong, and ease stress. Stream Yoga for Grandmas with music. Stream Yoga for Grandmas [read more...]
For the end of your day. For the purist, there’s no background music. Here’s a twenty-minute wind down to chill you out. You need a yoga mat or a towel, a place to lay down, and a strap. Your strap could be a belt or a tie. Dim the lights, close the door, and relax. Stream twenty-minute wind down without music. If you’d like some cool tunes to ease the way, Stream twenty-minute wind down [read more...]
Aadil and Mirra of Purna Yoga share a vision for 2010. Read and be inspired to connect more deeply with your own beauty and joy.
Happy New Year! The Divine’s dream for 2010 is for a year of JOY! The work that we did in December, practicing pure giving and receiving from the Heart Center, was wonderful preparation for the New Year. We are now ready to open to a greater experience of joy, which is what the Creator wishes to express through Its creation!
A good question to ask yourself is “Does my vision of joy match The Divine’s vision of joy?” [read more...]
This meditation comes by way of Rachel Zinman, a stunning ISHTA teacher in Australia.
My favorite teacher and Mentor Alan Finger always recommends the Sankalpa Meditation as a great way to start the New Year. He says that a Sankalpa- setting an intention for your self is different to a New Years resolution. A resolution is something we make with our conscious mind where as a Sankalpa is a seed that can’t help but grow in the ground of our unconscious. Just recently Swami Paramahansa Satyananda- one of the great yogis and teachers of our time took Mahasamadhi. His Sankalpa is [read more...]
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