Utilizing Yoga

By Jennie Williford CIYT | July 4, 2020 | Comments Off on Utilizing Yoga

Today was the start to Prashant Iyengar’s July weekend class series. This is such an amazing opportunity as Prashant is not one to travel. He has not ever come to…

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Connection and Relationship

By Jennie Williford CIYT | July 1, 2020 | Comments Off on Connection and Relationship

Chapter six of our summer book read of “The Art of Happiness” by HH The Dalai Lama covers the ideas of relationship and human connection. Dr Cutler, the co-author is…

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What Comes Around Goes Around

By Jennie Williford CIYT | June 30, 2020 | Comments Off on What Comes Around Goes Around

I went into Sunday’s Yoga Sutra discussion wondering what we would talk about. The idea of karma is typically oversimplified and/or immediately connected to reincarnation, so there are many ways…

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The Seed of Compassion

By Jennie Williford CIYT | June 16, 2020 | Comments Off on The Seed of Compassion

In the first part of “The Art of Happiness” by HH The Dalai Lama, we found that happiness is a “right” that we ALL have. But where to find it…

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The Right to Happiness

By Jennie Williford CIYT | June 10, 2020 | Comments Off on The Right to Happiness

In beginning to read “The Art of Happiness – A Handbook for Living” by HH the Dalai Lama this past week, I must admit feeling a bit foolish about the…

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Yoga AND “the real world”

By Jennie Williford CIYT | June 1, 2020 | Comments Off on Yoga AND “the real world”

Yesterday’s Yoga Sutra Discussion will stay with me for some time, though the feeling is not new, it is just another context to contemplate…you might have to tuck in for…

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“Right and Wrong” in Yoga?

By Jennie Williford CIYT | May 26, 2020 | Comments Off on “Right and Wrong” in Yoga?

The terminology of “right and wrong” comes up more often than I would like in yoga, especially pertaining to Iyengar Yoga. Though it is something we encourage often, students of…

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