BKS Iyengar writes in his book Light on Life “it is better to do a good pose minimum than a bad pose maximum”. In your yoga class do you ask something of yourself in your asana practice without even knowing where you are in the moment, quickly growing frustrated and impatient before giving yourself a chance to discover just where…
Month: November 2008
The Self-important Mind
The Kuasitaki Upanisad says: ‘It is the breathing spirit alone, the intelligence-self that seizes hold of this body and makes it rise up. This is the all obtaining in the breathing spirit. What is the breathing spirit, that is the intelligence-self. What is intelligence-self, that is the breathing spirit, for together they live in this body and together they go…
My Body Is a Stranger to Me
“My body is a stranger to me.” This was a comment from a dear friend when we approached looking for a simple yoga pose that she could be comfortable with. Dear Friend has been suffering with many physical problems due to being overweight for years. She told me all that I needed to know with that one spontaneous…