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What is Progress in Practice?
I wanted to share a few notes on what progress in practice means. I feel it's easy to take an unbeneficial take on what constitutes progress. In our material and consumerist culture, most of us are conditioned to "perform" and function far beyond the best of our...
Benefits of Yin & Restorative Yoga
Every Wednesday evening I hold a ninety minute practice and about once a month I offer a long session of Yin and Restorative Yoga. Today I want to describe a few of the benefits of this deeply nurturing and healing practice. I call yin & restorative yoga an...
The Magic of the Vinyasa Count
The vinyasa count is originally an integral part of our practice and is a great tool to harness awareness to the present moment experience. Oftentimes practitioners find it daunting to learn it. I'd say, give it a go really (see my recommendations for starting below)...
Ashtanga Mysore Yoga – A potent practice
In the last weeks I was in India practicing under the guidance of the wonderful teacher Sharmila Desai in her beautiful and earthy shala Ashtanga Yoga Morjim. Taking this time, stepping out from daily responsibilities, not having plans for the day besides practice in...
Yoga Practice – Practice being with Yourself
To heal our bodies is to heal our relationship with the earth. To regain our ground is to regain our aliveness, and the foundation of all that follows.Dropping back and coming up from urdhva dhanurasana was a long process for me, years of self practice and once in a...
Future Suffering is to be avoided
Every third Friday of the month we have our traditional Sanskrit Counted led Full Primary (instead of the Morning Mysore class), followed by a 45-60 min yoga philosophy talk.  The counted class is an excellent opportunity to review the vinyasa count, practicing at a...