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Why Would I Want to Stand on My Head?

The Yoga Place Posted on July 20, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJuly 20, 2021

As I am teaching the “Back to Basics” class for The Yoga Place, of course we touch on building the strong foundations needed to practice future inversions. One of the beautiful things about yoga is the way it changes your … Continue reading →

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Tradition,Character and Imagination

The Yoga Place Posted on July 16, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJuly 16, 2021

Chapter 13 and 14 of The Great OOM brings us back to the foundations and tradition of Bernard and the Tantriks, and moves us forward into a new era introducing the next famous follower, a British spy named Sir Paul … Continue reading →

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False Advertising and The Changing of Yoga for Social Norms

The Yoga Place Posted on July 11, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJuly 11, 2021

The next two chapters in The Great OOM really stand out to me as a turning point for the Tantriks, Bernard, and even yoga itself. As they move to Nyack and become more visible, the way Bernard begins to speak … Continue reading →

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Millionaires, Marriages, Mansions and More

The Yoga Place Posted on July 2, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJuly 2, 2021

It seems that yoga has been tangled up with money and love/sex affairs since it hit the shores of America in the early 1900s – with some successful and some not so successful endeavors. Pierre Bernard seems to be one … Continue reading →

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Transforming Consciousness, Transforming Matter

The Yoga Place Posted on June 29, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJune 29, 2021

As we proceed through Chapter 3 of The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, we are coming to realize the power harnessed by a changing consciousness. With the integration (samyama) of concentration (dharana), meditation (dhyana), and ultimate freedom within the consciousness (samadhi) … Continue reading →

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On Track or Off the Rails?

The Yoga Place Posted on June 25, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJune 25, 2021

In Chapter 7 of The Great OOM I find myself intrigued and frankly wanting to have a replica of Bernard’s “New York Sanskrit College” in operation today! So much of what Homer Stansbury Leeds (his new alias) offered in 1911 … Continue reading →

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The “New Normal” with Yoga

The Yoga Place Posted on June 21, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJune 21, 2021

Well, here we are in summer 2021. The restrictions of COVID are easing and the sun and the temperatures are perfect to get out and explore what open society has to offer! We are an active group and I know … Continue reading →

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The Many Morphs of Yoga in America

The Yoga Place Posted on June 18, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJune 18, 2021

(image is the seal of the Theosophical Society) The next couple of chapters in The Great OOM are a great overview of how many forms yoga took even when it originally hit America. With Pierre Bernard being put in jail … Continue reading →

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Lodges, Loves, and Lasciviousness

The Yoga Place Posted on June 14, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJune 14, 2021

To the outsider, the downfall of Pierre Bernard seems to be an inevitable end. Even though he might have taken advantage of the mystical curiosity of the age and approached his “lodges” as just another form of “secret society” that … Continue reading →

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A Yogi Named Perry from Iowa!

The Yoga Place Posted on June 4, 2021 by Jennie Williford CIYTJune 4, 2021

I sure hope you will join The Yoga Place in reading The Great OOM by Robert Love this summer. I have read it before, but starting it again at this time in my life with the conversations about yoga and … Continue reading →

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