I first started practicing yoga so that I didn’t get fat. I was a fairly neurotic, athletic, 20-something, looking for a way to stay flexible, “healthy” (skinny), and (sure, why…
Ah, New Year’s Resolutions! As we turn the corner into the New Year and the days begin to become longer (even if we don’t quite notice yet!), NOW is the…
To move into the unknown, we have to step out of our comfort zone. To paraphrase Andre Gide, we must consent to lose sight of the shore if we are…
The increasing darkness of winter is an invitation to move more deeply into our shadow selves. We can hunker down, get internal, and examine what pieces of ourselves no longer…
Perfectionism is unforgiving. The moment we waver or fall, we are besieged with judgments of “not being good enough,” “not trying hard enough,” or really, just sucking. When we practice…
America has elected Barak Obama as president. Yesterday, record numbers of voters seized the opportunity to let their voices be heard. Today we have the first African-American president in our…
Anahata, the heart chakra, lies at the centre of the chakra system and unites the three base chakras with the three upper chakras. It is the first chakra to take…
On the first night of the Estes Park Yoga Jounral Conference, John Friend read aloud from the mission statement that he wrote eleven years ago when he first articulated the…
A recent workshop with John Scott (www.stillpointyoga.com) has revolutionized my ashtanga practice. Ashtanga is a vinyasa system, but I must admit that I have spent more time “polishing my asanas”…
Sometimes it’s hard not to be Angelina Jolie. Last week’s cover of Vanity Fair depicts one of our cultural heros in full throttled pout: a decadent and ripe movie star…
We first connect to the earth through our feet. Our balance, sense of self, and our “groundedness” with the big ol’ Earth is usually first transmitted through our feet’s dainty…
The yogis race around in slung back crocs, their new manduka mats slung across their shoulders as they race into class. Here, in air-conditioned conference rooms with indelicately laid out…
