Know Thyself
As we look a little deeper into the 27th sutra of the second chapter of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, it is helpful to again state that this journey is not a simple one nor one that can be achieved … Continue reading →
Time for Tuning In
So, I woke this morning just wanting to see what “The Universe” might tell me to blog about today, so I did a “sutra dive” – ya know, where you just randomly open a book and see what pops out? … Continue reading →
Worldwide Web
OK, I am sure I don’t have to say it again, but The Yoga Place is now teaching classes live and online. I think I keep restating this more from my own wonder of it than anything else! Yes, it … Continue reading →
Sadhana – Practice of Life and Yoga
The term “sadhana” in yoga is an important one to understand. In the west we tend to translate this as “practice”, or even “disciplined practice”, but that just doesn’t seem to quite clarify the weight of this term. Especially in … Continue reading →
The Yoga Place Online
I have decided to try to get a blog out daily, even a short one, during this strange time. We want you to know that we are striving to make sure that yoga is present for you and continues to … Continue reading →
Ignorance and Ego
For our April 26th Yoga Sutra discussion we will be reading Sutras II.4, II.5, and II.6. This will begin our deep dives into each of the afflictions (klesas) we face in life and practice. Avidya and Asmita are the first … Continue reading →
LIVE in Yoga
The Yoga Place is now officially online, so I guess you could say we are “live” as of this week. But, as students of yoga, we also are trying to find ways, especially now, to live in yoga more fully … Continue reading →
Support and Service through Yoga
Yes, these are crazy times we are living in at the moment. But, I have to say that the Iyengar Yoga Global Community might be the fastest and the strongest to respond to the needs of our students and teachers … Continue reading →
Alignment in Yoga
“Alignment” seems to be a hot topic or at least a buzz word in yoga circles these days. For Iyengar Yogis though, it is old news, and for us it is not something externally forced, but an avenue for mental … Continue reading →
The Pose is Not the Point
Yoga is weird. I mean, let’s face it, the physical practice of asana can be odd and disorienting. Most of what we ask of students in a yoga class is outside the realm of “typical” physical activity, even among the … Continue reading →