November 27, 2007 – 10:23 pm
While in Hong Kong back in September, Richard gave a talk to a group of yoga practitioners and teachers on the subject of “nada” or sacred sound. He discussed “doing dristi through our ears” and the art of absorption into the immediate senses as a means of waking up from a disembodied state. At this time of year in particular, it’s helpful to have reminders that the onslaught of sensory overload we are presented with can be a direct route into a slightly more awakened—or extremely more dulled—state of being. Read More »
November 20, 2007 – 9:15 pm
If you’ve participated in a training with Richard, you know the drill. Before-hand there’s the anticipation and worry: maybe this time he’ll require us to hover in adho mukha padmasana or have us listen to lectures while sitting in yogadandasana. This leads to confusion after the first asana class: what was he was trying to get through our thick heads? It seems like we spent an inordinate amount of time in ekam and did no third series postures at all. Then there’s the relief of chanting
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November 13, 2007 – 7:48 pm
The lecture Richard gave a couple of Sundays back was entitled “The Supreme Ego” which had me, for one, worried. How could he do the talk without giving me a pre-lecture interview? And wouldn’t it be embarrassing to be the center of a public talk? Fortunately, I kept my egocentric fears to myself, and the lecture commenced without a hint to anyone that I’d been foiled by my own mind again into believing that I was the center of the universe and that my own little perception of reality had even a shred of reality in it.
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November 7, 2007 – 10:57 am
In Richard’s second talk in the series about obstacles, entitled “Loose Ends and Stinky Mats” he expanded on the idea of the five kleshas as obstacles and also explained the classic obstacles of mind described in the Yoga Sutra Samadhi Pada verse 30. Read More »
November 7, 2007 – 9:31 am
Second in a series of Sunday Studio Talks by Richard Freeman about the “Obstacles to Yoga” we can encounter on the path. Recorded on October 28th at the Yoga Workshop in Boulder. Read More »
October 31, 2007 – 4:31 am
And now the moment we’ve all be waiting for….well, actually it’s probably a moment of anticipation that not too many people besides a couple of us in the Yoga Workshop office who focus in on the blog have actually noticed we’re all waiting for. None the less, here’s the moment: We’re launching our first ever audio cast! Read More »
October 31, 2007 – 4:27 am
First in a series of Sunday Studio Talks by Richard Freeman about the “Obstacles to Yoga” we can encounter on the path. Recorded on October 21st at the Yoga Workshop in Boulder. Read More »
October 24, 2007 – 12:10 am
Not much new on the travel front this week, so we may have to look elsewhere for distraction. Or possibly closer, right under our noses, since that’s where most distractions hide anyway. Richard’s travels this week took him mostly in and out the front door at home, which was mostly exciting for the dog. He did make an occasional trip to the studio to teach class, and Sunday he kicked off a series of Studio Talks on the topic of obstacles–those Read More »
October 17, 2007 – 1:55 am
Rumor has it that Richard is about to re-materialize in Boulder this week!
It’s not a done deal, and there haven’t been any recent sightings, so don’t hold your kumbhaka. But he is planning to teach his regularly scheduled Yoga Workshop classes, starting this Thursday morning, so you could do the simple mudra of keeping your fingers crossed until then. Read More »
October 10, 2007 – 12:14 am
Teaching at the Yoga Journal conference at Estes Park is a completely different experience than it is traveling to teach at a studio–especially one in South East Asia–for a week or weekend. First off, Richard can, and does Read More »