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Returning to a Yoga Asana Practice
For most of this past year my yoga Asana practice has been on hiatus due to a very challenging pregnancy and traumatic labor that led to an emergency c-section. All things considered, I am healing well and am now slowly returning to … Continue reading
Posted in Health & Healing, Yoga
Tagged Ahimsa, asana, balance, c-section, childbirth, healing, Patanjali, practice, pregnancy, recovery, sadhana, Yoga Sutras
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The Physical Body and Yoga
My last post, Turning the Mind Upside-Down, sparked some … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged Ahimsa, asana, eight limbs of yoga, Four paths of yoga, Iyengar, Love, non-violence, Patanjali, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, self love, self-awareness, Spirituality, Yoga Sutras
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Turning the Mind Upside-Down
Several years ago I had decided to enroll in an intensive Iyengar Yoga class. Iyengar Yoga places a very strong emphasis on proper body alignment and positioning from the exact placement of the head and focus point of the eyes … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged asana, awakening, doubt, drishti, endurance, fear, handstand, headstand, inversions, Iyengar, Peacock's Eyes, peacocks, self-awareness
17 Comments
The Third Limb of Yoga: Asana
The third limb of yoga is Asana. Of the eight limbs of yoga the Asana … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged asana, Bhagavad Gita, body mind and soul, chakra, Iyengar, meditation, nadi, practice, self-awareness, sound mind & body, third limb of yoga, yoga
11 Comments
Bhakti Yoga: The Path of Love
The practice of Bhakti Yoga is usually described as devotion to a personal god or the Divine through listening to, reading, and studying the scriptures; singing and chanting mantras, worshiping … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged asana, Bhagavad Gita, Buddha, devotion to God, Gayatri Mantra, Integral Yoga, japa mala, Julianne Victoria, Karma Yoga, Love, mantra, Peacock's Eyes, practice, Saraswati, service, Sri Aurobindo, surrendering the ego, Yoga Sutras
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Karma Yoga: Living Yoga Everyday
What is practicing yoga? Most of us would … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged action, asana, cause and effect, eight limbs of yoga, interconnectedness, Mother Theresa, practice, pranayama, Rabindranath Tagore, service
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Yoga Is a Way of Life
Huh? Many might ask: Isn’t yoga like a stretching … Continue reading
Posted in Religions & Philosophies, Yoga
Tagged asana, Buddhism, Christianity, eight limbs of yoga, Hinduism, Judaism, Shivanataraja, stretching, world religions, yoga class
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Through the Peacock's Eyes 