Click here for part 1! By Kiri Westby, with Ed and Deb Shapiro, who all attended the yoga class described here. We got through maybe five or six positions in each hour-long class, most of which were on the floor and required very little effort or exertion. I found that I could stay in a [...]
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A Modern Yoga Philosophy for an Awakened Heart and an Embodied Mind
I recently read Awakened Heart, Embodied Mind (A.H.E.M.) by Julian Walker. It’s an expanded version of the manual Walker and Hala Khouri use in their yoga teacher training by the same name. Having just recently finished yoga teacher training myself and keen to learn more about leading people through an experience of yoga and not just [...]
The Kaiut Method: Yoga For People Who Hate Yoga (Part 1)
By Kiri Westby, with Ed and Deb Shapiro, who all attended the yoga class described here. Doing yoga with Francisco Kaiut is doing yoga from the inside out. In fact, to say the word “doing” is already too active, too aggressive, as it’s more of an un-doing. I am someone who has never felt very [...]
10 Ways You Know You’ve Become the Ultimate Annoying (and Lovable) Transatlantic Yogi
Most of us may find ourselves wondering sometimes if it’s an upside down world. But maybe especially so when the journey you’re making means you have to first go bi-coastal across the USA and then carry on to make a transatlantic crossing all in one transit plan. 6000 miles in under 24hrs, multiple stops – [...]
Wordplay Wednesday: More
Hello My name is Sarah And I’m grateful to have Your attention But I’m certain That when these words end I’ll be left Wanting more I’m thirty-four And I’m just now seeing And understanding This disease They call alcoholism I just call it addiction No need for discrimination Give me something And the chances are [...]
“Too Religious” for School: Yoga Curriculum Sparks Lawsuit in Southern California
Today marks the first day of trial in a lawsuit over whether yoga is a religious practice and should or should not be allowed in schools. The case of Sedlock vs. Baird, et al., has been brought by parents and guardians of children who attend an Encinitas school that includes yoga in the curriculum. The [...]
Lessons from a Warrior: Creating Quality, Not Quantity in Your Yoga Practice
By Richelle Morgan Each time I step onto my mat, it’s a brand new experience. Some days I feel like a rock star. Strong, fluid, graceful, on top of the world. Other days… meh, not so much. I’m awkward, tired, unfocused and completely out of tune with my body, breath, and spirit. We all have [...]
Urban Yogis: Russell Brand Dishes on Sex, Drugs, and Yoga
In the latest installment of “Urban Yogis” on The Chopra Well, Ashtanga instructor Eddie Stern interviews Russell Brand on yoga, addiction, and personal growth. Brand describes his journey from drug addiction, which began for him at an early age, to discovering the power of yoga. He describes the addiction as a “spiritual problem,” something he [...]
Wordplay Wednesday: Shivasana
Cool wood floors The heat held inside me My body is heavy Relaxed The room vibrates From chanting Life to all Love to all Peace to all But I don’t join in My throat contracts I feel a deep drive to open My mouth and my heart And sing Each time the mantra repeats It [...]
V is for Vāsanā: Finding Your True Self Through Yoga
See the sun? See what it is telling you? What did it say to you this morning when your eyes met it for the first time on this new day? A hundred people can look at the same sun and see a hundred different stories written in it. In Ancient Buddhism and Vedanta – and [...]
