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The Nature of Yoga; The Yoga of Nature
After a 5-day stay in the amazing Sequoia’s I had a chance to rediscover, on another level, the essence of Yoga practice. Yoga means Harmony, union, and balance. Doing Yoga in the vast expansion of Nature is the expression of absolute Union with a powerful force active in Life itself. We can do yoga to keep the body looking strong…
Confessions of a Yoga Nerd: headstand and shoulderstand
Two months ago the rains in Los Angeles broke up my favorite daily pastime of late; my 90 minute hike up in the mountains very close to where I live. I thought that it would be a wonderful opportunity for me to stay home and do some yoga. I thought I would do a head and shoulderstand series. I decided…
What’s distance got to do with it?
Occasionally I will have a student tell me that they are moving and may not be able to come to class any more. Now, I do understand that when you live in Los Angeles and with the idea of driving anywhere extra, It feels like an extra burden so you just say NO. Regardless, when it comes to Yoga classes…
MARTYN JACKSON on Teaching and the Direction of Yoga
Keep in mind that this interview was done in 1988. Yoga today has become quite a business in many of the ways that Martyn talked about over 25 years ago. Shelley Piser: What direction do you think Yoga is going in the West? Martyn Jackson: I feel a little nervous about it because I can see I feel that I…
Excerpts from an Interview: Martyn Jackson on studying with BKS Iyengar
This was part of an interview which I did in Sydney Australia with Martyn Jackson in 1988. I will be posting more. This portion will be published in the Iyengar publication of Yoga Vidya in December. Stay tuned for more. “For every student, there is one teacher who makes an impression, which ripples from that moment on to change and expand…
THE YIELDING SOLE
I walk almost every day up a steep hill. My feet have to be intelligent enough to assume the spontaneous demands of a rocky, uneven ground while my eyes are looking out at the horizon in front of me. In yoga poses where the feet are the roots for the rest of the body as in standing, balance, and backbends…
YOGA VERSUS CHAOS
Every week you go to your yoga class, practice moving your body in ways that you typically never do, you breathe in a way that you haven’t breathed all week. You relax on a level that seemed foreign to you all week long. You walk out of your class relaxed, renewed ad refreshed. You get into your car heading for…
NIP IT IN THE BUD
I started doing yoga when I was a teenager, doing headstands against the wall, my mom yelling at me for getting footprints on the wall, then taking classes and taking advantage of my natural flexibility and athletic strength. Present time… Now I am older and yoga has been a revealing tool to show me the subtle changes taking place. You…
YOGA WITHOUT BORDERS
Malibu Beach Yoga.
No yoga mat needed only the earth beneath my feet.
No walls around me just endless space to breathe.
Yoga is freedom.
No Props, no mats, no walls, just the rhythm of nature around me.
Breathing it all in, breathing it all out