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…