Image from Light on Pranayama by BKS Iyengar – Chapter 22 highlighting the complexity and sensitivity of the nostrils and the use of the fingers to fully benefit from the practices of digital pranayama – using the fingers to manipulate … Continue reading →
Our last discussions on the third Chapter in The Yoga Sutras have centered around the relationships between the elements that make up all of Prakrti (Nature) and the sense perceptions that arise from those elements that ultimately lead to our … Continue reading →
In our first week reading BREATH by James Nestor, he introduces us to the “dysevolution” of the human species toward mouthbreathing. He catches my attention here in the beginning in three ways – 1) I have been obsessed with freedivers … Continue reading →
We are excited to see that summer is almost here and that means another great summer read for The Yoga Place community! This year we will be reading BREATH by James Nestor. Below excerpt from goodreads review : “There is … Continue reading →
Our last Yoga Sutra Discussion covered the “mastery” of air and ether. We also looked at the result of fully overcoming our attachment to the elements, and movement beyond the pull of the energy of the gunas and the actual … Continue reading →
Original painting by Char Duncan of Kalispell, MT “April Showers Bring May Flowers” is a common saying, and we are settling into those rains that begin to bloom the Spring flowers around us. In yoga, our practice helps us plant … Continue reading →
In the last Yoga Sutra Discussion Group we discussed three more sutras in the third chapter regarding yogic powers that relate to integration of the energetic “winds” called the vayus and the elements of earth, water, and fire. Yoga Sutra … Continue reading →
Spring is in the air and soon we will all emerge to the sunlight with squinting eyes and sluggish bodies. We take the time to dust off and clear out any build-up in the house and home over winter, switch … Continue reading →
Our last Yoga Sutra Discussion Group was a great opportunity to recap the Cosmology of yoga and the very essence of of “why” we practice. To understand the 36th (and sometimes 35th depending on translation) sutra in the third chapter … Continue reading →
On Friday, March 25th at 5:30pm, Jennie Williford will be hosting a movie night at The Yoga Place to show “Doing Time, Doing Vipassana” Many of you know that Jennie has had a practice of Vipassana Meditation in the tradition … Continue reading →
