The Day Mr. Iyengar Died
I was sitting on the floor at the end of last summer in an empty yoga studio in Soho. It was the end of a long, hot day teaching a yoga workshop and assisting my teacher, Maty in a teacher training....
View ArticleFinding My Way in Manila
A Teacher Training Journey by Guest Author Mina Schofield An American Yoga School Credentialed Yoga Teacher A few days before I began my trip to Manila, Philippines, I wrote this in my journal: “Five...
View ArticleOm Alone: What’s that Sound?
To really learn what “om” is all about, just do it! Here is a breakdown of how and why that works.
View ArticleYoga at Home: Building a Self-Practice
Shifting my habit to self-practice, done alone without external distraction, was like cleaning a pair of glasses that I didn’t realize was dirty. Without the distraction of my ego dealing with the...
View ArticleIt’s Your Funeral
Change your life in 3 fun minutes. I really hate when yoga teachers feel inclined to give life advice to the masses via social media and anywhere else they can get attention. And I really never do...
View ArticleWhich Comes First?
Which comes first? The good chicken or the good egg? Do we try to be good as part of a spiritual practice? Or can we rely on an effective spiritual practice to organically improve our personal ethics?...
View ArticleThe Day Mr. Iyengar Died
I was sitting on the floor at the end of last summer in an empty yoga studio in Soho. It was the end of a long, hot day teaching a yoga workshop and assisting my teacher, Maty in a teacher training....
View ArticleYoga at Home: Building a Self-Practice
Yesterday, a new Yoga Journal book, Yoga at Home: Inspiration for Creating Yoga Home Practice, was published. Authored by Linda Sparrowe, who has also written The Woman’s Book of Yoga and Health: A...
View ArticleTwig Corpse
“A teacher once told me that dead body pose is for leaving my old self behind, the one that entered class. Since then during final savasana I imagine my self dead and dried up like twigs. As I lay...
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