For July’s study theme, we turn to Svadhisthana, the sacral chakra — the seat of our creative energy. How does this theme show up on the mat? How does it feed into our July Yogic Studies Book Club? If you’ve…
Operating out of the Deep Core Every month, our Yoga Discussion WhatsApp chat chooses a theme. For June’s guiding concept, Saturday morning regular at Left Coast Power Yoga, Molly, suggested the phrase: “Not Your Basic Boat” (Thanks, Molly!). What an…
Imperfection is unavoidable and beautif…
The New Year is a time when we dream about changes we want for ourselves. New Years resolutions are framed in terms of what we want to do in the coming year… or perhaps what we don’t want to do!…
I’m in Japan this month! Maybe because I’ve been sitting so much traveling by plane/train/automobile, I’ve been contemplating spinal posture a lot! Patanjali’s Sutras and Buddhism on Seated Posture Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras barely discuss asana (the pose aspect of yogic…
Because of the way images are refracted by lenses in our eyes, the world is literally turned upside down when projected onto the image sensors in the back of eyeballs. Our brains learn early on to understand how to process…
Eknath Easwaran recommended learning to slow down the pace of thoughts enough that we could see there was space between them. This ability to perceive the moments of non-thought between our thoughts is important for understanding our true nature…. we…
A common tension between instructor and student in the world of synchronous online learning is whether or not student cameras will be on or off during class. Students may want to hide themselves for many potential reasons, such as: embarrassment…
