Teaching Yoga To Perfectionists ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
“At its root, perfectionism isn’t really about a deep love of being meticulous. It’s about fear. Fear of making a mistake. Fear of disappointing others. Fear of failure. Fear of…
Be The Light ~ Doug Swenson
Be The Light If the desert would give back This sand, like a mother’s touch of warmth Yet cactus just dreams of a watery life And ask why – as…
Joga jest z natury feministką ~ Maya Devi Georg
Joga z natury jest feministyczna. A pisząc: feministyczna, mam na myśli humanistyczna. Pierwszym nauczycielem jogi był Śiwa. Pierwszym uczniem – Parwati. A pokorna ryba podsłuchała nauczania i przekazała je ludzkości.…
Προσαρμογές ή βοήθεια στη γιόγκα ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
Κατά τη διάρκεια ενός μαθήματος γιόγκα φανταστείτε τον εαυτό σας ολοκληρωτικά δοσμένο σε μια στάση, όταν ξαφνικά ο δάσκαλος σας προσαρμόζει με τέτοιον τρόπο που σας κάνει να χάσετε την…
The Secret Life of A Yoga Teacher: 10 Things You Might Not Know ~ Chris Kiran Aarya & Maya Devi Georg
Teaching yoga may seem glamorous and exciting to some. It appears we have boundless energy, that we just do yoga all day long, stretching and relaxing. We wish this…
Сиськи, задницы и четки: йога в масс-медиа
Что-то я очень устала от всех этих полуобнаженных женщин в журналах и на сайтах, посвященных йоге… Как правило, на фотографии изображены белые молодые женщины. Они обнажены или топлес, или…
Fear & Loathing on the Yoga Mat ~ Maya Devi Georg
There’s a lot of talk about spiritual jealousy, but our spiritual sides have very little to do with it… We’ve all experienced it. A beautiful young woman joins a class you’re…
Why Daily Deal Offers Are Bad For Yoga ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
We’ve all seen the ads for daily deal sites offering a pack of yoga classes at a newer studio for some ridiculously low price. Twenty classes for $20---come and get…
Aparigraha in The Age of Consumption ~ Chris Kiran Aarya
A few years ago, I wrote an article, Retail Therapy For The Economically Recessed, which touched on the yogic restraint of aparigraha (non-hoarding, non-grasping). At the time, I approached it…
An Introduction to Tantra: The Yoga of Sacredness ~ Ramesh Bjonnes
Most people in the West think of Tantra as a sacred sexual practice. When studying Tantra in India, however, I quickly learned that Tantra is much more than sacred sex.…