From the front lines of this weekend’s meditation retreat; it was part of the Teacher’s Intensive here at the Yoga Workshop.
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Cool Out - The Postures of Stillness
November 9, 2009 – 7:57 pm
Imagine living in a world where nothing ever got finished. Great meals would be chewed, but not swallowed. Snow would fall, but not melt. And soap operas would be never ending. Well, some things wouldn’t change.
The Wheel of Time
November 1, 2009 – 11:41 pm
It was a warm, sunny day in Istanbul and the background hum of a massive steamer ship gliding through the Bosporus set a calming tone for those of us wandering along the wharf. Looking up at the nearby park we saw a woman, dressed in street clothes, holding herself up with a powerful grip of […]
The Mysore Thread
October 21, 2009 – 4:05 pm
The mysterious, pulsating sound of a building breathing as I walked up to the doors in Lakshmipuram the first day I arrived in Mysore, was enough to stun the mind and draw me in. I felt a huge sense of relief that day at being told to “Take rest” part way through the standing postures. […]
Calm Abiding
June 14, 2008 – 7:55 pm
To quote the insightful 20th Century philosopher, Rosanne Rosannadana, “It’s always something.” An axiom which is often misconstrued (even by Rosanne herself) to mean that since there’s always a problem, why do anything? “Never mind.”
However many argue that Rosannadana’s intended meaning was that life presents us with unlimited opportunity to observe, assess, take the bull […]
The Illusion of Time
June 1, 2008 – 10:34 am
If you believe what you hear in yoga class, you might start to recognize that one good thing about time is that, like everything else, it’s an illusion. It happens like this: You drop into a pose, feeling the toes plugging into the floor, the coccyx heavy like gold. And then you notice that half […]
Deep Avoidance and Fear of Yoga
February 6, 2008 – 3:28 pm
Here we are at the beginning of another new year. As a kid you hear adults droning on at the New Year about how quickly time passes, and not only is it boring, but it makes no sense. Number one, who’s paying attention to whether or not time is passing (get a life!). And number […]
Things DO Eventually Get Done….
December 20, 2007 – 9:15 am
It’s as if we’re in an unpleasant time warp at this time of year. The pace speeds up, it always seems to take more time to do everything, as the days indeed get shorter. People who look almost familiar, but who’s faces are a bit more
Boulder dogs and rotten hearts
December 11, 2007 – 8:43 pm
It’s a great day to be a dog in Boulder. Actually, Boulder is good in general if you’re a dog because there are at least three bakeries catering specifically to dogs (all right next to cafés so people tend to use picking up treats at the bakery as an excuse to be in the neighborhood […]
Philosophical Extremes
December 4, 2007 – 8:22 pm
In a recent Sunday Talk Richard addressed the danger that philosophical extremes could become an obstacle to yoga. That was the cue for many of us to smugly re-settle on our cushions and kind of zone out, knowing we were out of danger from having that happen to us. First of all, how many of […]