If you often feel like you’re dragging through the day, you’d probably like to know how to feel more energetic. If that’s the case, you can practice yoga for energy! Yoga creates harmony between mind, body, and spirit. When you’re tired, there is often an imbalance in at least one of these areas. Why Yoga … [Read more…]
As we tap into the fire of tapas and learn more about ourselves through the practice of self-study, we begin to strip away layers of ego. Eventually, we reach a point beyond our intellect. At that point, we need faith in a higher power to go further. Faith in a higher power is the fifth … [Read more…]
My yoga practice has taught me a great deal about overcoming obstacles. It used to be that every one of my emotions was tied to the events of my life. The good things that happened brought joy and happiness. The bad things left me feeling less than, depressed, and victimized. The way I saw it, … [Read more…]
I don’t know about you, but I haven’t met a lot of angry yogis. I’m not referring to yogis who get angry. I’m talking about yogis who are angry at their core. It’s not that anger is not a trait among yogis (in fact, a lot of us turn to yoga to deal with emotions like anger), but because dealing … [Read more…]
Recently, one of my yoga teachers gave a dharma talk on fear. She described how fear shows up in the body and how spoke about how to manage fear with yoga. First, we need to understand where fear shows up, she explained. According to my teacher, one of the places we hold fear is the … [Read more…]
Recently, a friend asked me what’s on my bucket list. He began to name some things on his, mostly travel to various places. I couldn’t think of a place I need to see in my lifetime, though there are a few places I’d like to go. Go or not, I’ll be happy. Or not. I no … [Read more…]
Gratitude to Doron Hanoch for sharing these practices so we can all breathe easier! by Doron Hanoch Learning to use tools of yoga for asthma changed my life. The practices that helped me can help anyone breathe better, even those who don’t have asthma. Asthma can be triggered for different reasons, and different things will help … [Read more…]
One of my favorite images is of the Hindu deity Hanuman embracing Lord Rama. The devotion of Hanuman is a powerful legend. As the story goes, Hanuman, son of a monkey (his mom) and Vayu, the Lord of the Winds (his dad), had an impressive skill. As a boy, he could lift the hills and toss … [Read more…]
Among the many ways yoga can change your life is it teaches you to get grounded when life tries to topple you over. Like anything worth achieving, it takes trial and error, failure and practice to hone this skill. Why is it important to get grounded? Things change all the time. Every day, the unexpected happens … [Read more…]
Recently, my yoga teacher gave me a book titled The Universe Has Your Back. It came at a particularly interesting time—a time when I felt the Universe might be conspiring to make me miserable. I wanted to trust the Universe, but sometimes it’s just so difficult! A few days before I received the book, which appeared … [Read more…]